Comets and asteroids

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Dwarf planet Pluto reaches opposition in Capricornus

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BBC Sky at Night Magazine

13 June, 2024

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The hunt for the missing planet

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

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The southern hemisphere

1 Dec 00:00 AEDT (30 Nov, 13:00 UT) 15 Dec 23:00 AEDT (12:00 UT) 31 Dec 22:00 AEDT (11:00 UT) The chart accurately matches the sky on the dates and times shown for Sydney, Australia. The sky is differ

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Astronomers discover a bizarre ‘runaway’ planet acting like a star

An artist’s impression of Cha 1107-7626 accreting material ...

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It came from outer space

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

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Your stars for 2026

If you thought 2025 was a roller coaster, wait until 2026 gets started. Uranus, Neptune and Pluto are aligned taking us into a new era. Earthquakes may change the shape of parts of the world, while se