Astronomy

NBC 5 Meteorologist Kevan Smith tells us about ‘space junk’ and how much of it is orbiting Earth. Keep looking up!

What’s happening in the skies over North Texas this month? May holds some spectacular sights in the night and morning sky.

NBC 5’s Kevan Smith shows us that other stars in the universe are much bigger than the sun.

NBC 5 Meteorologist Kevan Smith tells us about the Milky Way Galaxy.

NBC 5 Meteorologist Kevan Smith tells us about exoplanet WASP 12b. 

NBC 5 Meteorologist Kevan Smith tells us about new planets discovered over 130 light-years from Earth.

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. 

This event will be visible in the North Texas sky for a week.

NBC 5 Meteorologist Kevan Smith tells us about Voyager 1 and Voyager 2. Keep looking up!

What’s happening in the skies over North Texas this month? April holds some spectacular sights in the night sky. Check out the list …

NBC 5 Meteorologist Kevan Smith tells us about lightning strikes on other planets. Keep looking up!

NBC 5 Meteorologist Kevan Smith tells us the length of a season on other planets in the Milky Way. Keep looking up North Texas!

NBC 5 Meteorologist Kevan Smith shows us a view from Friday’s lunar eclipse. 

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.

March’s full moon will put on a cosmic show Friday morning.

NBC 5 Meteorologist Kevan Smith explains how our closest star, the sun, has a twin what that twin is. Keep looking up North Texas!

Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune will all be visible in the sky in some form on Feb. 28.

NBC 5 Meteorologist Kevan Smith explains how the sun appears to move across the sky. Keep looking up North Texas!

NBC 5 Meteorologist Kevan Smith tells us about WASP-103b, a “football-shaped” planet. 

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.