A town in the Austrian Alps might not seem like the most conducive place to come up with daring space missions. But, for the ...

New theory on the origin of the Moon An analogy to Triton, Neptune’s largest moon, supports the binary exchange theory ...

A new study suggests Earth’s Moon may have been “captured” from a binary system, challenging the long-held impact theory and ...

Curious about the odd behavior of the planet Neptune’s two moons, Triton and Nereid, he set out to make a mathematical analysis of their unusual orbits. Last week in the Astronomical Journal ...

Researchers at Penn State University suggest that Earth’s only satellite may have come from a “binary-exchange capture” ...

Although the Moon is the closest neighbour to our planet, scientists have still not been able to determine its origin. Since ...

But mining Neptune’s deep interior is impossible, because no robot can survive at the planet’s extreme pressures. The moon Triton tends to let off steam A photo montage of Neptune peeking ...

For nearly 40 years, scientists have generally agreed that Earth's Moon formed from debris after a massive collision with our ...

But there are rocky worlds nearby. Neptune has at least 16 moons. And one is very unusual. Triton is the largest of Neptune's moons. Its surface is coated with ice. And, unlike the other moons ...

Neptune’s moon Triton, which orbits in the opposite direction from other moons, is thought to have been captured from the Kuiper Belt. This lends credence to the idea that Earth could have captured ...

But new research shows Jupiter's massive moons prevent that vision from lighting up the night ... Why Uranus and Neptune Are Different Colors May 31, 2022 — Astronomers may now understand why ...

Located around 30 times as far from the Sun as Earth, Neptune is not visible to the naked eye. The planet's blue color comes from methane in its atmosphere, which absorbs red wavelengths of light.