# Night sky news, November 1, 2026: moon, events, aurora

Last Quarter, 48% lit. 1 sky event this week and 3 sourced news items for November 1, 2026.

## The sky on November 1, 2026

**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.

### Visible this week

- [Aurora Outlook: Solar Cycle 25 Decline](https://darkskiesdirectory.com/events/aurora-outlook-2026-2028), September 24, 2026 to December 31, 2028. Northern US states and all of Canada; strong geomagnetic storms can push visibility as far south as the mid-latitude US.

**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](https://www.swpc.noaa.gov/products/planetary-k-index).

## Sourced stories

### [NASA hopes the commercial space industry can help save Hubble](https://darkskiesdirectory.com/nightly-news/2026-11-01/nasa-hopes-the-commercial-space-industry-can-help-save-hubble)

Source: [The Verge (Space)](https://www.theverge.com/science/1024239/nasa-commercial-space-save-hubble)

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.

### [It's a Ghost! No, It's a Stellar Crèche!](https://darkskiesdirectory.com/nightly-news/2026-11-01/it-s-a-ghost-no-it-s-a-stellar-creche)

Source: [Universe Today](https://www.universetoday.com/articles/its-a-ghost-no-its-a-stellar-crche)

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.

### [Once again, NASA is asking for ideas to rescue Hubble from certain death](https://darkskiesdirectory.com/nightly-news/2026-11-01/once-again-nasa-is-asking-for-ideas-to-rescue-hubble-from-certain-death)

Source: [Ars Technica (Space)](https://arstechnica.com/space/2026/10/think-you-can-save-the-hubble-space-telescope-nasa-wants-to-know/)

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.

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