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Astronomy 101: Space junk
NBC 5 Meteorologist Kevan Smith tells us about ‘space junk’ and how much of it is orbiting Earth. Keep looking up!
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May Astronomy 2025: What's in the North Texas Sky This Month?
What’s happening in the skies over North Texas this month? May holds some spectacular sights in the night and morning sky.
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Astronomy 101: You think our nearest star (the sun) is big?
NBC 5’s Kevan Smith shows us that other stars in the universe are much bigger than the sun.
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Astronomy 101: The Milky Way Galaxy
NBC 5 Meteorologist Kevan Smith tells us about the Milky Way Galaxy.
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Astronomy 101: An Egg-shaped Exoplanet
NBC 5 Meteorologist Kevan Smith tells us about exoplanet WASP 12b.
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Astronomy 101: New exoplanets discovered
NBC 5 Meteorologist Kevan Smith tells us about new planets discovered over 130 light-years from Earth.
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‘Blaze Star' on the verge of exploding, here's where to look
the “Blaze Star,” is on the verge of a rare and dramatic brightening. Here’s where to look in the North Texas sky to see it.
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Is the ‘Blaze Star' about to explode? If it does, here's where to look in the North Texas sky
This event will be visible in the North Texas sky for a week.
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Astronomy 101: What happened to the Voyager probes?
NBC 5 Meteorologist Kevan Smith tells us about Voyager 1 and Voyager 2. Keep looking up!
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April Astronomy: What's in the North Texas Sky This Month?
What’s happening in the skies over North Texas this month? April holds some spectacular sights in the night sky. Check out the list …
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Astronomy 101: Green lightning
NBC 5 Meteorologist Kevan Smith tells us about lightning strikes on other planets. Keep looking up!
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Astronomy 101: Seasons on other planets
NBC 5 Meteorologist Kevan Smith tells us the length of a season on other planets in the Milky Way. Keep looking up North Texas!
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Astronomy 101: A solar eclipse from the moon
NBC 5 Meteorologist Kevan Smith shows us a view from Friday’s lunar eclipse.
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Total lunar eclipse to delight the North Texas sky
This year’s only total lunar eclipse happens Friday morning and will be visible across North Texas. We are expecting mostly clear to partly cloudy conditions.
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Total lunar eclipse to delight the North Texas sky early Friday morning
March’s full moon will put on a cosmic show Friday morning.
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Astronomy 101: Did you know the sun has a twin?
NBC 5 Meteorologist Kevan Smith explains how our closest star, the sun, has a twin what that twin is. Keep looking up North Texas!
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‘Planet parade' will be visible for last time in more than a decade
Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune will all be visible in the sky in some form on Feb. 28.
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Astronomy 101: How fast does the sun move across the sky?
NBC 5 Meteorologist Kevan Smith explains how the sun appears to move across the sky. Keep looking up North Texas!
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Astronomy 101: A football-looking exoplanet
NBC 5 Meteorologist Kevan Smith tells us about WASP-103b, a “football-shaped” planet.
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Planet parade: Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn and Mercury make for a skywatching spectacle
Like a celestial parade across the cosmos, five bright planets are lighting up the night sky and visible with the naked eye all February long — with two other planets also detectable for skywatchers with special equipment.