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Sun news: Auroras glow over northern Minnesota last night
Sun news November 8, 2026: Auroras glowed over northern Minnesota as fast solar wind sparked a G1 storm. More could light up the sky tonight!
November 8, 2026
Human World
Space
Carl Sagan born 92 years ago tomorrow
Carl Sagan, born November 9, 1934, brought astronomy to millions through books and the TV series Cosmos. He also helped create messages from Earth for the Pioneer and Voyager spacecraft.
November 8, 2026
Moon Phases
Do we all see the same moon phase from Earth?
No matter where you are on Earth, we all see the same moon phase. So why can the moon look tilted, or even upside down, depending on where you are?
November 8, 2026
Astronomy Essentials
Tonight
Visible planets and night sky guide for November
Visible planets and night sky guide. Mars and Jupiter are getting closer together! Watch them this week. Saturn will be visible all month in the evening sky.
November 7, 2026
Space
Active volcanoes on Mars? Noxious gas discovery says — maybe
Are there still active volcanoes on Mars? New detections of hydrogen chloride from below the surface suggest flowing magma.
November 6, 2026
Earth
Traces of dinosaur blood found for the 1st time?
For the 1st time, scientists say they've found traces of dinosaur blood. It comes from a 115-million-year-old fossil dinosaur bone from Brazil.
November 6, 2026
Constellations
The constellation Andromeda the Chained Lady
The constellation Andromeda the Chained Lady is most famous for containing M31, the Andromeda Galaxy, the closest large spiral galaxy to the Milky Way.
November 6, 2026
Space
Hera mission begins asteroid defense investigation: 1st closeup views!
The Hera mission just got its 1st closeup view of Didymos and its little moonlet Dimorphos. Soon it will begin investigating the aftermath of the DART impact.
November 5, 2026
Space
Swift spacecraft fell back to Earth in a fiery blaze
The Swift spacecraft fell back to Earth as a fiery streak of light on November 4. See videos here of its blazing reentry into Earth's atmosphere.
November 5, 2026
Space
Spaceflight
ESCAPADE mission to fly past Earth twice in 2 days
On November 7 and 9, 2026, the twin probes of the ESCAPADE mission — first Blue and then Gold — will perform flybys of Earth on the way to Mars.
November 5, 2026
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