astronomy

The month of April holds some spectacular sights in the night sky.

A team of astronomers has discovered the largest black hole in the universe, which is over 30 billion times the mass of our Sun.

There’s a special chance this week to see five planets lined up in the night sky.

An asteroid big enough to wipe out a city will zip harmlessly between Earth and the moon’s orbit this weekend. Saturday’s close encounter will offer astronomers the chance to study a space rock from just over 100,000 miles away. That’s less than half the distance from here to the moon. While asteroid flybys are common, NASA says a big one...

A rare sight is coming to North Texas for the end of March 2023. Five planets – Jupiter, Mercury, Venus, Uranus and Mars will create an arc in the evening sky.

In about 5 billion years, Mercury and Venus will be engulfed by the sun! What does this mean for our planet? NBC 5 Meteorologist Kevan Smith has more in our weekly Astronomy 101.

The month of March holds some spectacular sights in the night sky.

489 light years from earth, Corot 7-B has contrasting extreme temperatures and as a result, rain falls as magma and rocks! Check out meteorolgist Kevan Smith’s weekly astronomy series every Sunday on NBC 5 News at 10.

This January will offer many nighttime delights for North Texans.

The winter solstice, which usually occurs on Dec. 21 or 22, is when the tilt of the Northern Hemisphere is farthest from the sun, and marks the shortest day and longest night of the year and the start of winter in the Northern Hemisphere.

The Geminid meteor shower lights up the night sky each December, and it will be at its most visible Tuesday overnight into Wednesday morning.

The International Space Station will be moving across the North Texas sky on Saturday.

There is no shortage of celestial events to be seen in the night skies over North Texas throughout the month of October.

The giant red planet will come the closest to Earth it has been since 1963 on Monday night.

The annual Perseid meteor shower will peak this week but the bright full moon might make it harder to see.

While the celestial event has been occurring all week (and all month in some form) experts say the best time to see it will be early Friday morning.

The April 8, 2024, solar eclipse will give tens of millions of skywatchers a chance to experience the celestial phenomenon – the last chance to do so from the U.S. until 2045, scientists say.

Astronomers have discovered the farthest star yet, a super-hot, super-bright giant that formed nearly 13 billion years ago at the dawn of the cosmos