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Pluto reaches opposition and the Moon waxes to First Quarter as shooting stars streak through the sky this week.

A newly discovered dwarf planet called 'Ammonite' (2023 KQ14) has been spotted in the outer solar system, and it could be another nail in the coffin for the Planet Nine hypothesis.

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Space & Spaceflight Astronomers Discover Potential Dwarf Planet Lurking Way Beyond Pluto Named Ammonite, the distant object casts doubt on the existence of the elusive Planet Nine.

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Like many other lantern sharks, the dwarf lantern shark is the smallest shark in the world and has light coming from organs called photophores along its stomach and fins.