NASA Space Intelligence - APOD Asteroids Discovery AI Scoring

Extract space data from NASA's public APIs with AI-powered discovery scoring (0-100). Get Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD) and Near-Earth Asteroid data with intelligent ranking.

What you get

• 10 structured fields per record — copyright, data_type, date, discovery_score, explanation, hdurl, media_type, service_version…
• Clean, validated JSON ready for your pipeline
• Pre-built dataset Overview in the Apify Console for instant inspection
• Reliable & maintained — patched whenever the source changes

Why this actor (vs. alternatives)

	Build your own	Generic scraper	This actor
Maintenance	You patch every change	Often broken	Patched continuously
Structured output	Manual parsing	Inconsistent	Validated schema
Setup time	Days	Hours	Minutes
Pay only for results	N/A	Varies	Yes (pay-per-use)

Input

Field	Type	Description
apiKey	string	Your NASA API key. Get free key at https://api.nasa.gov (takes 5 min). Default uses DEMO_KEY (limited to 30 requests/hour)
apodCount	integer	Number of Astronomy Picture of the Day entries to fetch (0-100). Set to 0 to skip APOD data.
asteroidCount	integer	Maximum number of Near-Earth Asteroids to fetch. Set to 0 to skip asteroid data.
hazardousOnly	boolean	Only include potentially hazardous asteroids (PHAs)
minDiameter	number	Minimum asteroid diameter in kilometers (0 = no filter)

Example Input

{
  "apiKey": "DEMO_KEY",
  "apodCount": 5,
  "asteroidCount": 5,
  "hazardousOnly": false,
  "minDiameter": 0
}

Output (sample)

{
  "data_type": "apod",
  "title": "W5: The Soul Nebula",
  "date": "2025-12-17",
  "explanation": "Stars are forming in the Soul of the Queen of Aethopia. More specifically, a ...",
  "media_type": "image",
  "url": "https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/2512/Soul_Horne_1080.jpg",
  "hdurl": "https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/2512/Soul_Horne_2048.jpg",
  "copyright": "Jeffrey Horne",
  "service_version": "v1",
  "discovery_score": 80
}

Use cases

• News aggregators — auto-update with the latest events
• Educational platforms — teach with real scientific data
• Dashboards — visualize trends and events
• Alerting / safety — trigger on significant events
• Research — analyze patterns over time

Pricing

Pay-Per-Event:

• $0.002 per result
• $0.00005 actor-start fee

Example runs

Use case	Results	Cost
Quick scan	100	$0.20
Standard run	500	$1.00
Bulk dataset	2,000	$4.00

FAQ

Q: How fresh is the data?
A: Real-time — every run fetches live from the source.

Q: Do I pay for failed or empty runs?
A: You pay per result returned, plus a tiny actor-start fee.

Q: Can I schedule recurring runs?
A: Yes — use the Apify Console scheduler for daily/weekly automation.

Q: Can I export the data?
A: Yes — JSON, CSV, Excel, and API access are all supported by Apify.

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Legal & compliance

This actor retrieves publicly accessible data only. You are responsible for respecting the source's Terms of Service, honoring robots.txt, and complying with GDPR / applicable regulations for any personal data.

Support & feature requests

Open an issue on the Actor page or contact via Apify Console messaging. Custom features welcome.