Solar Beam

Solar Beam is a free app for exploring the James Webb Space Telescope on your iPhone and iPad — plus NASA's daily astronomy picture and near-Earth asteroids. Premium is optional: unlock everything with a subscription or a one-time lifetime purchase, and it carries across iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV and Vision Pro.

THE JAMES WEBB GALLERY Explore a curated gallery of Webb's most breathtaking images, straight from the ESA/Webb archive. Every image comes with its real caption, credit, distance, and sky position — the Cosmic Cliffs, the Pillars of Creation, Webb's first deep field, and hundreds more. Browse by collection — Nebulae, Galaxies, Star Birth, Our Solar System, Deep & Distant — or search for any target.

WHERE IS WEBB A live status dashboard for the telescope itself: how many days it's been in space, its orbit at Lagrange Point 2 a million-plus miles away, and the astonishing temperature contrast between its sun-facing side and its supercooled instruments.

4K WALLPAPERS Save any Webb image as a 4K wallpaper or full-resolution download — straight from the source.

PICTURE OF THE DAY NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day, with AI-generated facts that make every image make sense.

ASTEROIDS Track near-Earth objects and close approaches — always free.

FREE, WITH AN OPTIONAL PREMIUM UNLOCK Always free: the full near-Earth asteroid tracker, today's astronomy picture and the last 30 days, 60 images from the Webb gallery, and 3 sets of AI facts.

PREMIUM ADDS • The complete Webb gallery and the entire APOD archive • Save any Webb image as a 4K wallpaper or a full-resolution download • Ambient Mode — a living deep-space gallery for your screen • Spatial Scenes on Vision Pro • Unlimited AI facts Premium unlocks on iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV and Vision Pro, and works with Family Sharing.

PREMIUM PLANS • Solar Beam Premium Monthly — auto-renewing, US$2.99 per month • Solar Beam Premium Annual — auto-renewing, US$19.99 per year, with a 1-week free trial • Solar Beam Premium Lifetime — US$49.99 once, not a subscription Prices are in US dollars; your local price is always shown before you buy. A subscription renews automatically unless auto-renew is switched off at least 24 hours before the current period ends. Manage or cancel it in your App Store account settings.

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Image credits: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI. ESA/Webb imagery under CC BY 4.0.