Solar Beam

Webb's universe, beautifully curated — iconic deep-space images with real captions, a live “Where Is Webb” dashboard, and 4K wallpapers. One purchase, every device.

Solar Beam is the best way to explore the James Webb Space Telescope on your iPhone and iPad — plus the daily astronomy picture and near-Earth asteroids, all with a single purchase.

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.

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

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