I have felt for a long time that this period of change for this solar system and particularly the Earth will be a big leap, perhaps the biggest single change since its creation, from 3D to 5D or even 6D as Krispy suggests. We are beginning to see the manifestation of these changes as a result of the higher energies all over the earth and in the upper atmosphere as components adapt and/or are triggered to perform in new ways.
Another way to look at certain planets disappearing and a new star appearing may be that at higher frequencies such as 5 or 6D there are two stars at the centre of our system already, and planets and moons that may be artificially controlled to retain lower frequencies will not be there any more at the higher levels.
It may indeed be that we do get a tangible unlit body enter our system and become another star, the raw materials for such a scenario are certainly out there, and I have put down what I have read in books that have mentioned this possibility.
It is interesting that both references to a new star entering our solar system talked of not just a new star but also the makings of stars entering our system. (More of this later.)

Thanks Krispy and others for being open-minded and considerate of this material.

Is NASA right to keep us focused on the northern skies?

IBEX (Interstellar Boundary Explorer) is looking at what's happening out at the boundary between the edge of our solar system and deep space.

[link to ibex.swri.edu]


Looking at the IBEX stuff...this shows an all sky view of the ribbon just outside our solar system...

[link to evolutionaryleaps.com]

On here are the positions of Voyager1 and 2 as they would be seen in the sky.
Voyager 1 according to its current position is at RA 17.163 hrs.DEC 12.44 degrees.
Voyager 2 is at...................................RA 19.905 hrs.DEC -55.01 degrees.

This puts V1 in Ophiuchus, right at the top of the constellation on the border with Hercules.
V2 is in Telescopium.
This gives us a couple of referrence points.

Looking back at this image/rendering of the unfolding knot...

[link to www.sciencedaily.com]

The knot has been superimposed on a northern sky map. Where the top of the coil of this rendering stops, to the left is Cassiopeia, the bright star to the right of the knot is Vega in Lyra, and the bright star to the bottom right is Altair in Aquila. Deneb which makes up the 3rd component of the Summer Triangle is under the knot.
Voyager 1 in this picture would be top far right, only just on the image 5mm in from the right.
Going back to the first link again we see a couple of orange coloured pixels representing this knot which covers the Deneb area of Cygnus.
However, according to this representation of the ribbon across the sky, there seem to be some areas in the southern sky that seem at least as concentrated if not more so.
V2 in Telescopium is at Dec -55 degrees, so just above this at say between -50 and -55 degrees as these bright areas are just above V2, the constellations with high energy concentrations are from left to right, Ara, Norma, Lupus and Centaurus. Centaurus is a southern circumpolar constellation and so visible from the South Pole all year round.
I would think it wise to keep an eye on the southern skies as much as the northern.

The dichotomy with this unlit star scenario is that it would have to be inert to the solar system boundary fields, yet still attracted to the centre of this system. Also there is the problem of how neutral atoms are holding together in such a structure. (perhaps that should of been trichotomy,)
Anyway this is what I'm looking into at the moment, so I'm hoping to glean something positive and get back with some answers shortly.