What’s new

What’s new in the apps

All four apps have had big updates. Here is the current version of each and what it brings. Want to hear when the next one lands? Get email updates.

Solar 8.7

Up from version 6.7

FilmsShort films about the Sun, right inside the app.
Two Pro filmsInto the Sun and Across the Sun, for Pro.
Faster, steadier dataLive data now comes through our own relay, so it loads quickly and keeps working when a source is slow.
Eclipse countdownThe next eclipse you can see, counting down from where you are.

Up from version 4.9

Three filmsThree short films, right inside the app.
Sunlight and shadowSee the moment a pass slips into Earth’s shadow and fades out.
The sound of a passHear a pass as well as see it.
Where they flyEvery orbit family on one view, from low Starlink to geostationary.
Iridium listA new list to follow the Iridium satellites.
Pro: sky view, every night, 30 satellitesSee passes on a sky dome, get every night of passes, and follow up to 30 satellites.

Up from version 4.3

New Sky tabSee what’s up in your own sky.
Swarm in 3DEvery known near-Earth asteroid around the Sun, in 3D.
Orbit viewFollow any rock along its path past Earth.
Danger scoreOne plain-language score for how worried to be (almost always: not at all).
Films, including three hidden onesShort films in the app, and three more to find.
Pro, reorganisedPro features are now grouped where you use them.

Up from version 2.1

Now called Near SkyA new name for the stargazing app with the search for life running through it.
History tabThe story of the search for signals so far.
Space newsThe latest from NASA and JPL, as text in the app.
Gravitational-wave alertsLive alerts from LIGO, Virgo and KAGRA when spacetime ripples.
arXiv researchNew papers on SETI and astrobiology as they are published.
A bigger Breakthrough Listen index5,866 stars observed by 3 telescopes, 2016 to 2020.
Comet check and seeing forecastWhether a comet is up, and how steady the air will be tonight.
FilmsShort films about listening for life.

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