Nightly News edition
Moon. On the evening of November 14, 2026 the Moon is waxing crescent, 29% illuminated. That day the Moon rises at 11:33 AM MST and sets at 9:06 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 3.3 over the next 24 hours and 4.7 over the next 3 days. Kp below 4 is quiet: aurora is mostly confined to the far north. Over the next 3 days: Kp 4 is active: aurora is likely in Alaska and northern Canada and may reach the far northern US. Source: NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center (opens in new tab).
Astronomers found the earliest pair of black hole-powered quasars using the James Webb Space Telescope. The compact quasar pair, designated J1602+4228AB, is seen as it was 900 million years after the Big Bang. It was spotted with the aid of the Gemini North telescope.
Read the source: Space.com (opens in new tab)
Astronomers discovered an exploding star from 4.9 billion years ago using the James Webb Space Telescope. The supernova, named SN Ares, was seen due to gravitational lensing by a massive galaxy cluster. The distorted images of SN Ares are predicted to reappear in roughly 70 years.
Read the source: Phys.org (Space News section) (opens in new tab)
Mercury reappeared in the morning sky after inferior conjunction. It is now magnitude 0.3 and can be found 5° above the eastern horizon an hour before sunrise. Mercury lies near Venus in Virgo.
Read the source: Astronomy.com (opens in new tab)