NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day – now on your Home Screen with widgets!
Space! displays the latest APOD photo curated by NASA every day. See the latest photo by adding a widget to your Home Screen or Today View, or just open the app for a full-screen view and an educational description.
▸ Space! is a fully open source app, built with Swift and SwiftUI. Browse the source code and contribute at: https://github.com/jtbandes/SpacePOD
▸ NASA images are in the public domain. Other images are copyright of their respective owners. More information about APOD can be found at: https://apod.nasa.gov/
▸ To learn how to use widgets, visit: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT207122
Version history
1.0.5
2022-01-02
Added support for animated GIF pictures of the day.
1.0.4
2021-10-11
Added support for more types of video content from NASA APOD.
Fixed issues with caching which prevented the app from loading the latest image in certain circumstances.
1.0.3
2021-09-30
Support for new extra-large widget size on iPadOS 15.
1.0.2
2020-10-31
Adjusted caching behavior, which should help load new pictures in a more timely manner.
1.0.1
2020-10-31
New: now you can save or share the picture of the day, or view the original on apod.nasa.gov. Added support for Handoff to view the page on another device.
Improved: double-tap now works for zooming; description text is now selectable.
Fixed an issue where the app would sometimes neglect to load the latest picture.