Nightly News edition
Moon. On the evening of November 8, 2026 the Moon is new moon, 0% illuminated. That day the Moon rises at 6:14 AM MST and sets at 4:16 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 3.7 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).
Space weather powers auroras and threatens grids. Space weather also threatens power grids on the ground. Auroras appear as green or red curtains rippling across the night sky.
Read the source: Phys.org (Space News section) (opens in new tab)
Astronomers using JWST found 104 magnified stellar events in the Dragon galaxy. The galaxy is located around 6.5 billion light-years away and these events can reveal luminous stars and possibly dark matter. This discovery more than doubles the previous record of 44 detections in the same galaxy.
Read the source: Phys.org (Space News section) (opens in new tab)
A major fireball meteor is featured on APOD. The photo was taken in subfreezing temperatures from a mountain pass. The image shows snowy rugged peaks at twilight with soft pinkish colors.
Read the source: NASA (all news) (opens in new tab)