Nightly News edition
Moon. On the evening of November 3, 2026 the Moon is waning crescent, 26% illuminated. That day the Moon rises at 12:33 AM MST and sets at 2:12 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 2.7 over the next 24 hours and 3.7 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).
Researchers from several German institutions observed auroras on May 10, 2024. The event was triggered by a intense solar storm that made auroras visible in southern Lower Saxony. The observations may help explain the origins of red and green auroras.
Read the source: Phys.org (Space News section) (opens in new tab)
Researchers found ancient star collisions may explain supermassive black holes and Little Red Dots. The James Webb Space Telescope saw these strange Little Red Dots, and simulations showed densely packed stellar systems led to frequent star collisions. These collisions could create over-massive stars that collapse into black holes.
Read the source: Space.com (opens in new tab)
Hera spacecraft will explore asteroid mysteries. Hera arrives at the Dimorphos asteroid in November to gather data on asteroid deflection and solve scientific enigmas. The spacecraft is headed to the 151-m-diameter Dimorphos asteroid, which orbits the 780-m Didymos parent.
Read the source: ESA (European Space Agency) (opens in new tab)
A total solar eclipse will cross southern Tunisia on August 2, 2027. The path of totality includes famous Star Wars filming locations such as Mos Espa and the Jundland Wastes near Tozeur, and Mos Eisley and Obi-Wan Kenobi's home on Djerba. Eclipse chasers can experience up to four minutes of totality in these areas.
Read the source: Space.com (opens in new tab)
NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day features Comet PanSTARRs and a Rainbow Meteor. The image shows a meteor and a comet, but they are likely unrelated as many meteors originate from thousands of comets. The picture is part of NASA's daily feature of a different image or photograph of the universe.
Read the source: NASA (all news) (opens in new tab)