Astronoma turns your living room into a planetarium, and it does it with a level of visual polish that makes it instantly one of the more impressive educational experiences available on Apple Vision Pro. Developed by Augmenos and designed by Miguel Garcia Gonzalez, it approaches astronomy not as a textbook subject but as something to be walked through and touched — spacecraft, planets, asteroids and comets are rendered as high-resolution 3D models you can tilt, rotate and inspect from every angle without needing an actual spacesuit.
The app is organized around a handful of distinct sections. The Observatory pulls together a curated collection of high-resolution imagery sourced from NASA, ESA and other space agencies, paired with scientific audio commentary that gives context to what you’re looking at rather than just presenting pretty pictures. The 3D Models section is where the headset really earns its keep, letting you examine digital reconstructions of the machines and celestial bodies that have defined space exploration, from early probes to modern spacecraft. Pioneers digs into the human side of the story, covering the astronomers and astronauts who shaped the field, mixing familiar names like Galileo and Gagarin with lesser-known figures whose contributions don’t always make it into the popular narrative.
There’s also a Footage section built like a deep-space cinema, with real telescope recordings of space phenomena alongside 8K 360-degree simulations, and a Spaceports feature that maps launch sites and space agencies around the world with detail on their role in the broader push to get humanity off the planet. Taken together, it’s less a single app and more a small museum’s worth of content, and the immersive presentation on Vision Pro suits the material far better than a flat screen ever could.
Astronoma is free, which makes it an easy recommendation for anyone who owns a Vision Pro and has even a passing interest in space. It’s the kind of app that’s genuinely pleasant to hand to a visiting friend who wants to see what the headset is actually good for.
