Astronomers are now regularly detecting planets thousands of light years from Earth – but have we missed one in our own Solar System?

How many planets are there in the Solar System? It sounds like an easy question, but it’s more complex than you might think – and actually it’s one we still can’t answer. With scientists finding evide

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Jupiter may boast 97 confirmed moons (at the time of writing), but only four – the Galilean giants, Io, Europa, Ganymede and Callisto – are generally described as being within easy reach of amateurs.

The comet dubbed 3I/ATLAS, a rare extrasolar intruder, continues to barrel through the Solar System, attracting interest and speculation from astronomers and space scientists worldwide. Harvard astron

While our planet only has one easily visible Moon, several other tiny objects arguably deserve the title too