Tool catalog
37 tools available — call any of them with one UnifyAPI key.
Active Solar Regions (NOAA SWPC)
Currently active sunspot regions with NOAA AR number, location (heliographic), area, spot class, magnetic class, and 24-hour C/M/X-class flare probabilities. Sorted by most recently observed first. Source: NOAA SWPC (NODD public domain)
Aurora Forecast (NOAA SWPC)
Latest OVATION aurora visibility forecast aggregated into 10-degree latitude bands. Returns observation/forecast times plus top northern and southern hemisphere bands by max aurora probability — useful for aurora-tourism agents and high-latitude visibility checks. Source: NOAA SWPC (NODD public domain)
Detect Fires by Satellite
Active fire hotspots detected by NASA satellites (VIIRS, MODIS) — latitude, longitude, brightness, confidence, fire radiative power. Filter by bounding box and days. Near real-time updates (NASA FIRMS)
Equinoxes & Solstices
Get exact dates and UTC times for vernal equinox, summer solstice, autumnal equinox, and winter solstice for any year. Also includes Earth perihelion and aphelion dates. Source: US Naval Observatory.
Exoplanet Detail
Get full parameters for a specific exoplanet by exact name from NASA Exoplanet Archive. Returns orbital period, radius, mass, equilibrium temperature, insolation flux, semi-major axis, host star spectral type and temperature, sky coordinates (RA/Dec), and last parameter update date. Example planets: "HD 209458 b", "TRAPPIST-1 e", "Kepler-452 b" (NASA Exoplanet Archive).
Exoplanet Discovery Statistics
Get discovery statistics for confirmed exoplanets aggregated by method, year, or facility. Group by "method" to see Transit vs Radial Velocity vs Imaging counts, "year" for annual discovery trends since 1988, or "facility" to rank observatories and missions (Kepler, TESS, Keck, etc.) by total discoveries (NASA Exoplanet Archive).
Geomagnetic K-index (NOAA SWPC)
Current planetary K-index with G1-G5 storm severity classification, plus the maximum K-index observed in the rolling 6-hour window. Returns latest reading, window_max, and the last N 1-minute observations. Source: NOAA SWPC real-time stream (NODD public domain)
Get EONET GIS Visualization Layers
Retrieve GIS web service layers available for a specific EONET event category. Returns WMTS/WMS layer configurations from NASA GIBS (Global Imagery Browse Services) that can be used to visualize satellite imagery relevant to the event type (e.g. fire radiative power for wildfires, aerosol optical depth for dust/haze, sea surface temperature for storms). Each layer includes service URL, tile matrix set, and image format for integration with mapping tools like Leaflet, OpenLayers, or QGIS. Pass a category ID from eonet.events.categories.
Get NASA Technical Report Details
Get the full citation and metadata for a specific NASA technical report by its numeric NTRS ID. Returns complete record: title, full abstract, all authors with organizational affiliations, document type, NASA center, publication and submission dates, subject categories, keywords, report numbers, and direct PDF/fulltext download URLs. Use nasantrs.reports.search or nasantrs.reports.recent to find NTRS IDs, or extract the ID from the URL at ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/{id}. PDF download links point directly to the NASA server — freely accessible without authentication.
Get NASA Technical Reports Corpus Statistics
Get aggregate statistics for the entire NASA Technical Reports Server corpus. Returns total document count (645,000+) and breakdowns by: document type (conference paper, contractor report, technical memorandum, presentation, reprint, etc.), subject category (astrophysics, aerodynamics, geophysics, propulsion, etc.), and NASA center (JPL, GSFC, LaRC, MSFC, ARC, JSC, etc.). Also returns the top research keywords across the corpus. Useful for understanding the scope and distribution of NASA's documented research output.
Get Natural Event Detail
Retrieve the full detail record for a specific NASA EONET natural disaster event by its EONET event ID (e.g. "EONET_20606"). Returns all geometry points (coordinates, magnitude, timestamps) for the entire event lifecycle, associated categories, and primary data source URLs. Useful for tracking the full track of a hurricane, the spread of a wildfire, or the progression of a flood. Obtain EONET IDs from the eonet.events.list tool.
Get Recent NASA Technical Reports
Retrieve the most recently published NASA technical reports, sorted by public release date (newest first). Optionally filter by NASA center to monitor new publications from JPL, GSFC, JSC, MSFC, LaRC, ARC, GRC, or KSC. Returns title, release date, NASA center, document type, and NTRS ID for each report. Useful for tracking the latest NASA research across any discipline — space exploration, aeronautics, Earth science, technology development, and more. All documents are open access under US Government public domain.
Get Satellite Group Orbital Elements
Retrieve TLE orbital element sets for an entire predefined satellite group from CelesTrak. Returns all satellites in the group with NORAD catalog number, international designator, epoch, and full orbital parameters. Supported groups: "stations" (ISS, CSS, Tiangong), "starlink" (SpaceX constellation ~6000 sats), "active" (all active satellites ~7000), "gps-ops" (GPS operational), "glo-ops" (GLONASS), "galileo" (EU), "beidou" (Chinese), "weather" (all weather satellites), "noaa" (NOAA series), "goes" (GOES geostationary weather), "geo" (all geostationary), "amateur" (amateur radio), "cubesat" (CubeSats), "last-30-days" (recent launches), "iridium", "iridium-NEXT", "globalstar", "orbcomm", "oneweb", "intelsat", "ses", "planet", "spire". Data from US Space Force, no auth required.
Get Satellite Orbital Elements by NORAD ID
Retrieve the current Two-Line Element (TLE) orbital data for a specific satellite using its NORAD catalog number. Returns the full GP (General Perturbations) element set: epoch, inclination, RAAN, eccentricity, argument of perigee, mean anomaly, mean motion (revolutions/day), B* drag coefficient, and computed orbital period in minutes. Data is sourced from the US Space Force 18th Space Control Squadron via CelesTrak. Useful for orbital mechanics calculations, satellite pass predictions, and tracking any of the 27,000+ catalogued space objects. Popular NORAD IDs: 25544 (ISS), 20580 (Hubble), 33591 (NOAA-18).
Get Satellite by International Designator
Look up satellite orbital elements using the international designator (COSPAR ID / Harvard designation). Returns orbital element sets for all objects associated with the designator: primary payload (suffix A), rocket body (B), and debris fragments (C onward). Format is YYYY-NNNX where YYYY=launch year, NNN=launch number of year (zero-padded to 3 digits), X=piece letter. Examples: "1998-067A" (ISS ZARYA module launched 1998, 67th launch, primary payload), "1990-037B" (Hubble Space Telescope), "2019-029B" (Starlink batch 1 rocket body). Useful when you know the mission designator but not the NORAD catalog number. Data from US Space Force via CelesTrak.
Habitable Zone Candidates
Find potentially habitable exoplanets in the conservative habitable zone — planets with Earth-like radius (0.5–2.0 R⊕) and equilibrium temperature suitable for liquid water (180–310 K). Sorted by radius ascending. Returns radius, mass, orbital period, equilibrium temperature, insolation flux, and host star details. Customisable temperature and radius bounds for optimistic or strict filtering (NASA Exoplanet Archive — pscomppars table).
ISS Current Position
Get the real-time position of the International Space Station — latitude, longitude, altitude (km), velocity (km/h), and daylight/eclipse visibility. ISS orbits at 28,000 km/h, completes one orbit every 90 minutes. Updates every ~60 seconds.
ISS Orbital Elements (TLE)
Get the Two-Line Element set (TLE) for the International Space Station — NORAD catalog #25544. Contains orbital parameters for trajectory prediction and satellite tracking calculations.
JPL Asteroid Close Approaches
Get upcoming and past asteroid close approaches to Earth — distance, velocity, size, sorted by date or distance (NASA JPL)
JPL Asteroid Impact Risk (Sentry)
Get asteroid impact risk assessments from the Sentry monitoring system — impact probability, Palermo/Torino scale, size estimates (NASA JPL)
JPL Fireball Events
Get reported fireball (bolide) events — atmospheric entry energy, velocity, altitude, geographic coordinates (NASA JPL CNEOS)
JPL Small Body Lookup
Look up asteroid or comet data by name/designation — orbital elements, physical parameters, discovery info, hazard classification (NASA JPL SBDB)
List EONET Event Categories
List all available natural event categories in the NASA EONET system with their IDs, titles, and descriptions. Returns all 13 categories: drought, dustHaze, earthquakes, floods, landslides, manmade, seaLakeIce, severeStorms, snow, tempExtremes, volcanoes, waterColor, wildfires. Use category IDs as the "category" filter in eonet.events.list and as the "category_id" parameter in eonet.events.layers. No auth required.
List Natural Disaster Events
Retrieve natural disaster and extreme weather events tracked by NASA Earth Observatory Natural Event Tracker (EONET). Returns events with geolocation, magnitude, data sources, and category. Supports filtering by status (open=ongoing, closed=resolved), event category (wildfires, severeStorms, volcanoes, earthquakes, floods, etc.), date range, data source, bounding box, and result count. Each event includes one or more geometry points with coordinates and timestamps. Ideal for real-time situational awareness, disaster monitoring, and geospatial analysis. Data sourced from GDACS, JTWC, USGS, IRWIN, FIRMS and 10+ other agencies. No auth required.
Moon Phases
Get all moon phase dates for a year — New Moon, First Quarter, Full Moon, Last Quarter with exact UTC timestamps. ~50 phases per year. Source: US Naval Observatory (canonical astronomical authority, US Gov public domain).
NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day
Get NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day — daily curated space image or video with expert explanation, dating back to 1995 (NASA APOD)
NASA Earth Camera (EPIC)
Get full-disc Earth images from the DSCOVR satellite EPIC camera — daily natural color photos from Lagrange point L1, 1.5M km away (NASA EPIC)
NASA Image & Video Search
Search NASA Image and Video Library — 140K+ images, videos, and audio from missions, telescopes, and events with metadata and download links (NASA)
NASA Near-Earth Asteroids Feed
Get near-Earth asteroid close approaches for a date range — size estimates, hazard classification, velocity, miss distance (NASA NeoWs)
NASA Solar Flare Events
Get solar flare events from the Space Weather Database — class, peak time, source region, linked CMEs and geomagnetic storms (NASA DONKI)
Search Exoplanets
Search NASA Exoplanet Archive for confirmed exoplanets by name, host star, discovery method, year range, radius, or mass. Returns orbital period, radius, mass, equilibrium temperature, discovery year and facility, and system distance. 6,298+ confirmed planets from Transit, Radial Velocity, Imaging, and Microlensing surveys (NASA Exoplanet Archive).
Search NASA Technical Reports
Full-text search across 645,000+ NASA technical reports, conference papers, contractor reports, presentations, and memoranda spanning 1915 to present. Filter by NASA center (JPL, GSFC, JSC, MSFC, LaRC, ARC, GRC, KSC) and sort by relevance or date. Returns title, abstract, authors with affiliations, document type, publication date, subject categories, keywords, and direct PDF download URLs. Covers aeronautics, space exploration, Earth science, astrophysics, propulsion, materials science, robotics, and all NASA research domains. Free and open access — US Government public domain.
Search Satellites by Name
Search the NORAD satellite catalog by name substring (case-insensitive). Returns all satellites whose name contains the query string, each with NORAD catalog number, international designator (COSPAR ID), epoch, and full orbital element set. Useful for finding the NORAD IDs and TLEs of satellites by operator or mission name (e.g. "STARLINK" returns all ~6000 Starlink satellites, "NOAA" returns NOAA weather sats, "GPS" returns GPS block satellites, "FENGYUN" returns Chinese weather satellites, "ISS" returns ISS modules). Data from US Space Force via CelesTrak, no auth required.
Solar System Bodies
List solar system bodies — planets, moons, asteroids, comets, dwarf planets. Returns name, body type, gravity, radius, and moon count. 1,400+ bodies. Filter by type. Source: Solar System OpenData (MIT license).
Solar System Body Details
Get comprehensive data for a solar system body — mass, radius, density, gravity, escape velocity, temperature, axial tilt, orbital period, semi-major axis, eccentricity, inclination, discoverer, and list of moons. Source: Solar System OpenData.
Solar Wind Real-time (NOAA SWPC)
Real-time solar wind speed (km/s), proton density (per cm³), and temperature (K) from the ACE/DSCOVR L1 monitors. Returns the latest reading plus the last N 1-minute observations. Source: NOAA SWPC RTSW (NODD public domain)
Sun & Moon Rise/Set Times
Get sunrise, sunset, moonrise, moonset, and transit times for any location and date. Includes civil/nautical/astronomical twilight. Used for photography golden hour, agriculture planning, outdoor events. Source: USNO.