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EXPLORE THE UNIVERSE, IN ONE APP.

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The Lookup admin dashboard behind the mobile app, showing platform overview counts, funds raised and a user activity chart

OVERVIEW

THE BIG PICTURE

Understanding the product, the problem, and the opportunity behind LOOKUP.

LOOKUP is an all-in-one astronomy platform designed to inform, connect, educate, and empower people who are passionate about the universe.

PROJECT:LOOKUP

A unified mobile platform that brings space news, mission funding, events, and learning resources into one seamless experience.

  • Space News

    Real-time updates on discoveries, missions, space weather, and observatory insights.

  • Mission Funding

    Support meaningful scientific projects and track their real-world impact.

  • Event Calendar

    Discover launches, conferences, workshops, and astronomy events near you.

  • Learning Resources

    Explore curated content, courses, and expert materials to deepen your knowledge.

CHALLENGE:Fragmented information across multiple platforms.

Space enthusiasts rely on multiple sources to stay informed, participate, and learn, creating a fragmented and overwhelming experience.

  • Scattered Information

    News, events, missions, and learning content are spread across many websites and apps.

  • Lack of Personalization

    Most platforms don't understand user interests or provide relevant recommendations.

  • Limited Engagement

    It's hard for users to participate, support, and learn in one connected journey.

  • Overwhelming Experience

    Too much noise, complex interfaces, and lack of clarity reduce user motivation.

The Lookup home screen on a phone, tilted above the lit limb of a planet in deep space.
Look Up

LOOKUP

Explore the universe.

Connect the minds.

  • Community
  • Space News
  • Events
  • Learning
  • Missions
A stargazer wrapped in a knitted jumper holding a phone running Lookup, the Milky Way above her and a city glowing on the horizon.
Lookup

Lookup

One app.
Everything space.

The Lookup app icon on an iPhone home screen, beside Messages, Calendar, Photos, Camera, Mail, Clock, Notes and the App Store.

Flow

We design for clarity, discovery, and meaningful participation.

LOOKUP brings news, scientific initiatives, events, and learning into one connected ecosystem.

Each experience is designed to reduce complexity, surface what matters, and help users move naturally from curiosity to action.

  1. Step 1

    Space News

    Stay informed without the noise. LOOKUP organizes astronomy discoveries, mission updates, space weather, and research into a clear, personalized feed that makes complex information easy to explore.

    The Lookup events screen: a search field, two applied filters, an October 2026 calendar with the 14th selected, and SpaceCom Expo listings in Orlando, Florida.
  2. Step 2

    Missing Funding

    Discover scientific projects worth supporting. Users can understand each mission’s purpose, progress, funding goals, and potential impact before choosing to contribute.

    A Lookup article screen: Solar Storm Warning, Largest Flare in 20 Years Detected, with its date, author, five minute read time, the full story and topic tags.
  3. Step 3

    Event calendar

    Turn interest into participation. The calendar brings together launches, observation nights, conferences, workshops, and astronomy events, helping users discover and save what matters to them.

    The Lookup news feed: a search field with two filters applied, a space weather lead story on rare global auroras, and a recommended list covering northern lights, an Earth sized exoplanet and public telescope access.
  4. Step 4

    Learning Resources

    Turn curiosity into deeper understanding. LOOKUP connects users with educational content, expert resources, research summaries, and learning opportunities tailored to different levels of knowledge

    A Lookup learning screen: the Space Exploration Technologies Conference, with its deadline, beginner level, instructor, overview, a video link and a free enrolment action.

DESIGNPROCESS

From discovery to a finished UI in three weeks.

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Week 1
Week 2
Week 3

  1. Discovery

  2. Wireframes

  3. Visual Direction & Concepts

  4. UI/UX Design

space news, read at a glance

Personalized updates surface the most relevant discoveries, missions, and observatory news, so users can scan what matters most in seconds.

Search and smart filters make it easy to narrow the feed, while trending and recommended stories stay organized in one continuous reading flow.

The Lookup app's Space News feed on an iPhone: a search field with two applied filters, tabs running from All Updates to Popular, a lead story about a solar storm, and a Recommended for You list of aurora, exoplanet and observatory articles.
  • Filters
  • Recommended

Curated cards keep important headlines visible and make deeper exploration feel effortless, focused, and accessible.

Top story

Space WeatherJan 16

Powerful Solar Storm Triggers Rare Global Aurora Alerts

The Lookup design system

The Lookup complication on an Apple Watch, showing a Tonight in the Sky card for the Geminids meteor shower observatory night.

Poppins

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The Lookup mark: the letter L held inside three orbital rings.
Three iPhones running Lookup against a starfield: the Experience the Sky in Motion onboarding screen, the home feed carrying tonight's event and community missions, and the Shape Your Sky Feed interest picker.
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Jan 16, 202515 min

Powerful Solar Storm Triggers Rare Global Aurora Alerts

Space Weather

Lookup's layout grid, set on a 390px screen: 16px margins, four 74.5px columns and 20px gutters.

Inside the Lookup app

Home

Your Universe, at a Glance

A personalized home for exploring astronomy events, community missions, and the latest discoveries, all brought together in one clear, accessible experience.

Lookup home screen: a Tonight in the Sky card for the Geminids meteor shower, community missions and astronomy updates
Community

Where Curiosity Connects

A social space built around shared curiosity, giving astronomy enthusiasts a place to exchange ideas, start conversations, and connect through their fascination with the universe.

Ariel KharanAmateur Astronomer2,230 Connections
Ariel KharanWhat’s new?
Lookup community feed: posts from Nova Steven, Astromy, Maria and Sally McDavid with replies and reactions
News

Stay Curious. Stay Updated.

A focused news experience that turns the latest discoveries, space weather, observatory updates, and deep-space stories into an easy-to-explore feed.

Solar System
Stars
Black Holes
Gravitational Waves
Lookup space news screen: a solar storm lead story above recommended articles on aurora, exoplanets and observatories
Learning

Learn Beyond the Stars

A curated learning hub bringing together articles, courses, seminars, and educational resources for every level of astronomical curiosity.

Conference link:http://shop.youtube.net/videoexampleEnter Conference
Article link:http://shop.youtube.net/videoexampleDownload
Lookup AstroEducation screen: a resource list of videos, seminars and courses with prices and access buttons
Funding

Big Missions Start Together

A community-powered space where users can discover meaningful astronomy projects, follow their progress, and directly support missions they believe in.

$34,000,000 raised (45.4%)31 days left
Expected ImpactWill increase gravitational wave detections by 300%, revolutionary for astrophysics
Funding DeadlineJun 30, 2026
ImplementationDec 31, 2029
Funding Goal$52,000,000
Team Members
Lookup community missions screen: funding cards for a gravitational wave observatory expansion with progress bars

The admin dashboard

The Lookup admin dashboard on a tablet: a sidebar of Dashboard, Users, Events, Learning, News, Financial and Notifications beside a welcome panel for Hudson Alvarez, platform overview tiles reading 9,990 total active users, 10,989 total installed and $11,988 total funds raised, a user activity chart and a top astronomy learning list

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