Exoplanet Hunter

A comprehensive and accurate overview over discovered exoplanets.

We live in one of the most exciting times ever, hundreds of exoplanets has been found. An extrasolar planet, or exoplanet, is a planet outside our Solar System. Even planets very similar to our own Earth have been confirmed which raises questions about the existence of extraterrestrial life.

The purpose of the application is to give the user a comprehensive and accurate overview over discovered exoplanets. Planethunter is fetching new data from an JSON API and displays easy to read information pages for all found planets and its stars. The application shows an 3D simulation of each solar system. You can search for the planets locations in the sky by using GPS and the phones sensors.

This application comes with great search features that will make it easy to find interesting and potentially habitable planets.

Data provided by PHL's Exoplanet Catalog of the Planetary Habitability Laboratory