Nightly News edition
Moon. On the evening of November 1, 2026 the Moon is last quarter, 48% illuminated. That day the Moon sets at 1:12 PM MST and rises at 11:18 PM MST. Times are for Denver, Colorado; they shift by minutes to an hour elsewhere in the US and Canada.
Aurora outlook. The highest predicted Kp is 3.0 over the next 24 hours and 3.0 over the next 3 days. Kp below 4 is quiet: aurora is mostly confined to the far north. Source: NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center (opens in new tab).
NASA seeks commercial help to save Hubble. Hubble's orbit needs to be boosted to prevent it from burning up in the Earth's atmosphere in the early to mid 2030s. NASA is taking proposals from the commercial space industry to achieve this goal.
Read the source: The Verge (Space) (opens in new tab)
Astronomers found a stellar nursery in the Carina Nebula. The Chandra X-ray Observatory and James Webb Space Telescope observed a wispy region of the nebula, revealing a cloud that is actively creating hot, young stars. This region is surrounded by other clouds of gas and dust in the nebula.
Read the source: Universe Today (opens in new tab)
NASA seeks ideas to rescue Hubble from reentry. The Hubble Space Telescope will plunge back into the atmosphere in the early-to-mid-2030s if left alone. NASA last raised Hubble's orbit in 2002 with a Space Shuttle Columbia servicing mission.
Read the source: Ars Technica (Space) (opens in new tab)