{ "title": "Night sky news, November 14, 2026: moon, events, aurora", "description": "Waxing Crescent, 29% lit. 2 sky events this week and 3 sourced news items for November 14, 2026.", "canonicalUrl": "https://darkskiesdirectory.com/nightly-news/2026-11-14", "breadcrumbs": [ { "name": "Home", "url": "/" }, { "name": "Nightly News", "url": "/nightly-news" }, { "name": "2026-11-14", "url": "/nightly-news/2026-11-14" } ], "updated": "2026-11-14T23:00:19.803Z", "data": { "date": "2026-11-14", "sky": { "location": "Denver, Colorado", "moon": { "phase": "Waxing Crescent", "illuminationPct": 29, "moonrise": "2026-11-14T18:33:59.387Z", "moonset": "2026-11-15T04:06:27.730Z", "text": "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." }, "visibleThisWeek": [ { "id": "aurora-outlook-2026-2028", "title": "Aurora Outlook: Solar Cycle 25 Decline", "date": "2026-09-24", "end_date": "2028-12-31", "url": "https://darkskiesdirectory.com/events/aurora-outlook-2026-2028" }, { "id": "meteor-leonids-2026", "title": "Leonids Meteor Shower Peak 2026", "date": "2026-11-17", "end_date": null, "url": "https://darkskiesdirectory.com/events/meteor-leonids-2026" } ], "aurora": { "maxKp24h": 3.33, "maxKp3d": 4.67, "text": "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": { "name": "NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center", "url": "https://www.swpc.noaa.gov/products/planetary-k-index" } } }, "items": [ { "id": "2026-11-14-astronomers-stunned-after-james-webb-space-telescope-discovers-the-earliest-pair-of-black-hole-powered-quasars", "date": "2026-11-14", "slug": "astronomers-stunned-after-james-webb-space-telescope-discovers-the-earliest-pair-of-black-hole-powered-quasars", "headline": "Astronomers stunned after James Webb Space Telescope discovers the earliest pair of black hole-powered quasars", "editorial_note_md": "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.", "source_name": "Space.com", "source_url": "https://www.space.com/astronomy/black-holes/astronomers-stunned-after-james-webb-space-telescope-discovers-the-earliest-pair-of-black-hole-powered-quasars", "topics_json": "[\"satellites and astronomy\"]", "published_at": "2026-11-14T23:00:19.803Z", "topics": [ "satellites and astronomy" ] }, { "id": "2026-11-14-a-cosmic-magnifying-glass-could-reveal-the-same-supernova-two-more-times-in-roughly-70-years", "date": "2026-11-14", "slug": "a-cosmic-magnifying-glass-could-reveal-the-same-supernova-two-more-times-in-roughly-70-years", "headline": "A cosmic magnifying glass could reveal the same supernova two more times in roughly 70 years", "editorial_note_md": "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.", "source_name": "Phys.org (Space News section)", "source_url": "https://phys.org/news/2026-11-cosmic-magnifying-glass-reveal-supernova.html", "topics_json": "[\"satellites and astronomy\"]", "published_at": "2026-11-14T23:00:17.530Z", "topics": [ "satellites and astronomy" ] }, { "id": "2026-11-14-the-sky-today-on-saturday-november-14-venus-and-mercury-in-virgo", "date": "2026-11-14", "slug": "the-sky-today-on-saturday-november-14-venus-and-mercury-in-virgo", "headline": "The Sky Today on Saturday, November 14: Venus and Mercury in Virgo", "editorial_note_md": "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.", "source_name": "Astronomy.com", "source_url": "https://www.astronomy.com/observing/the-sky-today-saturday-november-14-2026/", "topics_json": "[\"celestial events\"]", "published_at": "2026-11-14T23:00:16.239Z", "topics": [ "celestial events" ] } ] }, "jsonld": { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "Organization", "@id": "https://darkskiesdirectory.com/#organization", "name": "Dark Skies Directory", "url": "https://darkskiesdirectory.com", "logo": "https://darkskiesdirectory.com/apple-touch-icon.png", "member": [ { "@type": "Person", "@id": "https://darkskiesdirectory.com/#person-peter-benes", "name": "Peter Benes", "url": "https://darkskiesdirectory.com/editors/peter-benes", "jobTitle": "Editor", "sameAs": [ "https://benesthemenace.com", "https://travelpec.com/about" ], "worksFor": { "@id": "https://darkskiesdirectory.com/#organization" } }, { "@type": "Person", "@id": "https://darkskiesdirectory.com/#person-adrienne-kmetz", "name": "Adrienne Kmetz", "url": "https://darkskiesdirectory.com/editors/adrienne-kmetz", "jobTitle": "Editor", "sameAs": [ "https://adriennekmetz.com", "https://attentionoptimization.com" ], "worksFor": { "@id": "https://darkskiesdirectory.com/#organization" } } ] }, { "@type": "WebSite", "@id": "https://darkskiesdirectory.com/#website", "url": "https://darkskiesdirectory.com", "name": "Dark Skies Directory", "publisher": { "@id": "https://darkskiesdirectory.com/#organization" } }, { "@type": "BreadcrumbList", "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "name": "Home", "item": "https://darkskiesdirectory.com/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "name": "Nightly News", "item": "https://darkskiesdirectory.com/nightly-news" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "name": "2026-11-14", "item": "https://darkskiesdirectory.com/nightly-news/2026-11-14" } ] } ] } }