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

In a press conference on Tuesday, Astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams spoke about their nine months aboard the International Space Station in advance of their return home.

Sanchez invited Perry and King along with Aisha Bowe, a former NASA rocket scientist who now heads an engineering firm, research scientist Amanda Nguyen and movie producer Kerianne Flynn.

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

All seven of Earth’s neighboring planets will be visible as the sun sets this week. Here’s everything to know about the event.

A new study in Nature Communications shows that the so-called Red Planet’s color comes from a water-rich mineral called ferrihydrite.

An asteroid between 130 and 300 feet wide has a slight chance of hitting Earth in 2032 — but the precise odds have been a moving target since the space rock was first detected nearly two months ago.

The mission was the first time Falcon 9 landed on a droneship off the coast of the Bahamas, according to SpaceX

China is recruiting for a planetary defense force to combat the threat of asteroids colliding with Earth.

But — importantly — the chances are still “extremely low,” though they have ticked up since the object was first detected.

South Texas residents living near SpaceX will soon decide whether they’ll be officially recognized as Starbase, Texas.

Astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore, who have been stuck on the International Space Station since June, will come home sooner than anticipated.

A newly discovered asteroid has a tiny chance of smacking Earth in 2032, space agency officials said Wednesday.

Residents of several suburban communities reported seeing several objects streaking across the night sky, leaving a trail of flames in their wake.

A private U.S. spacecraft bound for the moon has captured stunning images of Earth one week into its flight.

A doorbell camera on a Canadian home captured rare video and sound of a meteorite striking Earth as it crashed into a couple’s walkway.

The SpaceX Starship experienced “a rapid unscheduled disassembly” during its seventh test flight on Thursday. NBC 5’s Allie Spillyards reports on the launch that was part of a series of tests for missions to the moon and beyond.

A doorbell camera in Canada captured video and sound of a meteorite striking Earth.

The SpaceX Starship experienced “a rapid unscheduled disassembly” during its seventh test flight on Thursday, according to SpaceX.

A video shared on social media shows the Palisades Fire from the International Space Station.