A mission to Triton and Neptune could unlock their mysteries
A town in the Austrian Alps might not seem like the most conducive place to come up with daring space missions. But, for the ...
‘Forget everything you knew’: Scientists reveal the Moon may have been ‘captured, not created’
A new study suggests Earth’s Moon may have been “captured” from a binary system, challenging the long-held impact theory and ...
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Pennsylvania State scientists propose Moon's surprising binary origins
New theory on the origin of the Moon An analogy to Triton, Neptune’s largest moon, supports the binary exchange theory ...
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The Six Most Amazing Discoveries We’ve Made About Neptune
Despite the lack of a dedicated mission to the planet, scientists have learned plenty through ground observations and space ...
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Scientists Propose Radical New Theory on Moon’s Origins
Researchers at Penn State University suggest that Earth’s only satellite may have come from a “binary-exchange capture” ...
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Rethinking the Moon: New theory challenges collision origins
Although the Moon is the closest neighbour to our planet, scientists have still not been able to determine its origin. Since ...
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Have You Ever Seen The ‘Other’ Blue Planet? Earth And Neptune Are Closest Together This Week
How to find Neptune’s giant moon Triton, Neptune’s largest moon, is one of the promising places in the Solar System to look for signs of life. About 1,700km in diameter, it’s geologically ...
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Ringed Neptune captured by James Webb telescope
Beyond the planet itself are seven of the giant's 14 moons, the most significant of which is Triton. It appears star-like in the Webb imagery. That's because Neptune is darkened in the telescope's ...
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Neptune's Pride II: Triton
An HTML 5 sequel to the original Neptune's Pride 4x game. Advertisement An HTML 5 sequel to the original Neptune's Pride 4x game. Advertisement ...
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Neptune News
Aug. 31, 2023 — A Neptune-sized planet denser than steel has been discovered by an international team of astronomers, who believe its composition could be the result of a giant planetary ...
The Blue Marvel: NASA’s Voyager 2 captured this image of Neptune in the summer of 1989 as it became the first spacecraft to fly by the planet. Neptune's blue color comes from ...
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.