Solar
Look up. The Sun's busy.
Space weather you can actually read. Watch the live Sun with every sunspot group numbered, know the moment a flare erupts, and get warned days before a CME reaches Earth.
Press kit
Writing about Near Space?
Everything you need in one place: the apps in a paragraph, a fact sheet, logos, icons, screenshots and video. Use them freely in coverage of the apps. Questions, interviews or early access: hello@nearspace.app.
Near Space in a paragraph
Near Space is a family of four Android apps for the sky. Solar follows the Sun's storms, Overhead tells you when the space station passes over, Asteroids & Meteors tracks every rock passing Earth and every meteor shower, and Near Sky blends stargazing with the real search for alien signals. Each turns live public data from agencies like NOAA and NASA into a few clear screens, with no accounts, no ads and no tracking. Made by an independent developer, the apps are free with an optional Pro upgrade and coming to Google Play.
The four apps
Overhead
Look up. What's passing over?
Never miss the ISS again. Overhead works out every pass over you, scores how good it will look, and shows you exactly where to look, from space stations to the newest Starlink train.
Asteroids & Meteors
Look up. Is anything coming?
See what's passing Earth this week. Every close approach on a live radar, NASA's real impact-risk list, and a 3D flyby you can ride alongside as a rock skims past the Moon's orbit.
Near Sky
Look up. Someone might be listening.
Your night sky, with the search for life running through it. See if tonight is worth going out, then find the very stars radio telescopes have listened to for a signal.
Fact sheet
- Developer
- Ret, an independent developer, as Near Space
- Apps
- Solar, Overhead, Asteroids & Meteors, Near Sky
- Platform
- Android, coming to Google Play
- Price
- Free, each with an optional one-off Pro upgrade; no ads
- Privacy
- No accounts, no ads, no tracking
- Data
- NOAA SWPC, NASA, NASA/JPL, CelesTrak, Breakthrough Listen, LIGO/Virgo/KAGRA, Open-Meteo
- Campaign line
- Look up. What's happening above you?
- Sister apps
- Powerful Nature: Quake, Storm, Volcano and Fire, for earthquakes, storms, volcanoes and wildfires
- Contact
- hello@nearspace.app
Logos
Colours and type
- Navy
#0b0f1f - Solar
#ffa94d - Overhead
#5cb8ff - Asteroids & Meteors
#b9a0ff - Near Sky
#4fe0d2
Headlines in Unbounded, text in Figtree, data in JetBrains Mono, all free on Google Fonts.
Good to know
- Please use the logos and icons as supplied, without changing their colours or proportions.
- Screenshots show the apps with sample data; every screenshot on the app pages is in the ZIP at full resolution.
- On the website, Should I look up tonight?, the Rock report, Your sky on any date and the ISS tracker are free for anyone to use and link to.
- Near Space is not affiliated with NOAA, NASA, JPL, CelesTrak or Breakthrough Listen.
News & updates
Look up. We'll tell you when.
An email when the apps arrive on Google Play, and the occasional night worth going outside for: meteor showers, aurora alerts, eclipses. No more than once a month.
Questions or ideas?
Found a bug, want a feature, or spotted something odd in the sky data? Send a message here, or email us.
hello@nearspace.app