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iOS App · Solar Health

Helios

Real NASA solar activity data, analyzed daily for potential health connections. Five solar moods — from Calm to Extreme — translate complex space weather into actionable sleep, mood, and energy insights.

Wednesday · Apr 30, 2025
Solar Mood
Active 🌞
Kp 4–5
Kp 4
Solar winds are picking up today. Earth's magnetic field is responding to an elevated Kp index — a good day to stay flexible and take breaks if you feel overstimulated.
Active Kp 4–5 C-Class Flare

Space weather, analyzed for your health.

Every day, the sun emits streams of charged particles that interact with Earth's magnetic field. Scientists track this through metrics like the Kp-index, solar flux, and X-ray flux — numbers that usually live behind dense government dashboards.

Helios pulls those numbers each morning from NASA and NOAA, maps them to one of five solar moods, and generates a daily health analysis: a headline, a scientific interpretation of current conditions, and practical wellness advice. Same date always gets the same report — grounded in real data, written to be understood.

The Health tab goes further: if you wear an Apple Watch, Helios overlays your HRV, resting heart rate, and sleep data alongside solar metrics so you can visually explore whether patterns align. No statistical claims — just the data, side by side.

01 · Data
NASA & NOAA APIs
Each session, Helios fetches fresh data from NOAA SWPC and NASA DONKI: Kp-index, solar flux, X-ray flux, flare reports, coronal mass ejections, and geomagnetic storms. Data is cached locally for 90 days.
02 · Mood
Five Solar Moods
Activity is mapped to one of five moods — Calm, Unsettled, Active, Stormy, or Extreme — based on the peak Kp index and strongest flare class of the day. Each mood has its own reading pool, color, and pulse speed.
03 · Explore
Four Tabs
Today shows your solar health report. Forecast shows a 3-day Kp outlook and 7-day solar wind trends. Health overlays your Apple Watch data with solar metrics. All data stays on your device.
NASA
NASA DONKI
Space Weather Database Of Notifications, Knowledge, Information — solar flare alerts, coronal mass ejections (CME), solar energetic particles (SEP), interplanetary shocks, and high-speed streams.
NOAA
NOAA SWPC — Planetary Kp Index
Real-time and forecast Kp index updated every minute. The primary signal for determining solar mood and geomagnetic storm severity.
NOAA
NOAA SWPC — Solar Wind
7-day plasma and magnetic field measurements: solar wind speed (km/s), density (protons/cm³), Bz and Bt components (nT). Downsampled to hourly averages for the Forecast charts.
Apple
Apple HealthKit
Optional. Reads HRV (SDNN, ms), resting heart rate (bpm), and sleep hours from Apple Watch. Health data never leaves your device and is never transmitted anywhere.
1
Download — no account required
Helios works immediately after install. No sign-up, no email, no account.
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Complete onboarding
A short 5-screen intro explains solar moods, the health analysis, the forecast, and the optional health overlay. Takes about a minute.
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Read Today's solar health report
Open the app to see today's mood (Calm → Extreme), a headline, a full health analysis, and practical wellness advice. A pulsing orb reflects activity intensity — faster pulse means higher activity. Below the reading, a grid shows raw event counts: flares, storms, CMEs, and more.
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Check the Forecast
The Forecast tab shows a 3-day Kp outlook (observed + predicted), a 7-day Kp trend, solar wind speed, and Bz/Bt magnetic field charts. Tap "What do these numbers mean?" for inline definitions.
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Explore Health correlations (Apple Watch)
If you wear an Apple Watch, grant HealthKit permission and open the Health tab. Helios plots your HRV, resting heart rate, and sleep alongside Kp, wind speed, and magnetic field — normalized to the same scale so you can visually compare trends over 7, 14, or 30 days.
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Solar mood levels explained
☀️ Calm — Kp 0–1, no significant flares. Quiet conditions; baseline geomagnetic environment.
🌤️ Unsettled — Kp 2–3 or >2 minor events. Slightly elevated; most people unaffected.
🌞 Active — Kp 4–5 or C-class flares. Moderate activity; aurora possible at high latitudes.
🌩️ Stormy — Kp 6–7 or M-class flares. Significant geomagnetic storm; aurora at mid-latitudes.
💥 Extreme — Kp ≥ 8 or X-class flares. Major storm. Aurora possible at low latitudes.