NovaSync — Live Astronomy and Space Weather Data Aggregated from Public Observatories Worldwide
NovaSync is a real-time astronomy dashboard that aggregates public data feeds from NASA, the European Space Agency (ESA), the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the National Solar Observatory (NSO), the European Southern Observatory (ESO), the United States Geological Survey (USGS), and The Space Devs Launch Library. The site provides a single unified window onto the universe, refreshing continuously.
What NovaSync Shows in Real Time
- Live HD video from cameras aboard the International Space Station (ISS), 24 hours a day
- Multi-wavelength solar imagery from NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO), including visible light, the corona at 193 and 211 Ångström, the chromosphere at 304 Ångström, magnetic loops at 171 Ångström, and the magnetogram
- NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center data: planetary K-index (Kp), solar wind speed, proton density, interplanetary magnetic field Bz component, and 10.7 cm radio flux
- Aurora forecast for high and mid-latitude regions
- ESA/NASA SOHO LASCO C2 and C3 coronagraph imagery from the Sun-Earth L1 Lagrange point
- JAXA Himawari-8 full-disk imagery of Earth from geostationary orbit
- Live ISS position tracking with latitude, longitude, altitude, and velocity
- Current astronauts and cosmonauts in space, including crew aboard the ISS and the Chinese Tiangong space station
- Today's NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD)
- Live Moon phase, age, illumination percentage, distance from Earth, and date of next full moon
- Latest images from NASA's Mars Perseverance rover in Jezero Crater
- Tonight's visible planets — Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune — with elongation and distance
- Replays of the Artemis II lunar flyby and launch (April 2026)
- Near-Earth asteroid passes from NASA's Near-Earth Object Web Service (NeoWs)
- Upcoming rocket launches worldwide from agencies including SpaceX, ULA, Roscosmos, ISRO, JAXA, ESA, CNSA, and Rocket Lab
- Significant earthquakes (magnitude 4.5 and above) from the United States Geological Survey
Data Sources and Attribution
All data displayed on NovaSync is sourced from publicly available APIs and feeds. NASA, NOAA, and USGS data are in the public domain. ESA and JAXA data are credited per their terms. Solar imagery is courtesy of NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory and the joint ESA/NASA SOHO mission. Launch data is provided by The Space Devs Launch Library 2. Crew data is from Open Notify. ISS positional data is from wheretheiss.at.
About NovaSync
NovaSync was built to give astronomers, students, educators, science journalists, and space enthusiasts a single beautiful place to see what is happening in space right now — without juggling a dozen agency websites. The dashboard is free to view, refreshes its data continuously, and credits every source.