# Night sky news, November 5, 2026: moon, events, aurora

Waning Crescent, 9% lit. 1 sky event this week and 3 sourced news items for November 5, 2026.

## The sky on November 5, 2026

**Moon.** On the evening of November 5, 2026 the Moon is waning crescent, 9% illuminated. That day the Moon rises at 2:54 AM MST and sets at 3:01 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 5.0 over the next 24 hours and 5.0 over the next 3 days. Kp 5 or higher means aurora is possible across Canada and the northern US. Source: [NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center](https://www.swpc.noaa.gov/products/planetary-k-index).

## Sourced stories

### [In a Surprising Mystery, NASA’s Hubble Reveals Something is Missing from These Nearby Galaxies](https://darkskiesdirectory.com/nightly-news/2026-11-05/in-a-surprising-mystery-nasa-s-hubble-reveals-something-is-missing-from-these-nearby-galaxies)

Source: [The Debrief](https://thedebrief.org/in-a-surprising-mystery-nasas-hubble-reveals-something-is-missing-from-these-nearby-galaxies/)

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope reveals oxygen is missing from over three dozen nearby dwarf galaxies. The missing oxygen may be stripped away by strong stellar winds and supernova explosions. Researchers published their findings in The Astrophysical Journal.

### [NASA is racing against time to save the Hubble Space Telescope](https://darkskiesdirectory.com/nightly-news/2026-11-05/nasa-is-racing-against-time-to-save-the-hubble-space-telescope)

Source: [ScienceDaily (Space & Time)](https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/11/261104012254.htm)

NASA is racing to save the Hubble Space Telescope. The telescope is slowly losing altitude and could fall back to Earth as early as 2033 or 2034. NASA is asking private space companies to propose ways to boost Hubble into a higher orbit or safely dispose of it.

### [Exoplanets Can't Hide From The JWST's 'Digital Twin'](https://darkskiesdirectory.com/nightly-news/2026-11-05/exoplanets-can-t-hide-from-the-jwst-s-digital-twin)

Source: [Universe Today](https://www.universetoday.com/articles/exoplanets-cant-hide-from-the-jwsts-digital-twin)

Researchers developed a new technique with the JWST to find dim exoplanets. The technique uses a digital twin to improve the telescope's ability to block out starlight and detect exoplanets. This method can find dim exoplanets more easily than previous methods.

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