For every other planet, there are two main ways that ... than any of the other moons in our Solar System. False-color image of Triton, Neptune's largest moon, taken by spacecraft Voyager 2.

Triton has a reddish color to it, thought to be from methane ... an enormous departure from all the other giant planet systems we know of. The only explanation for its properties, especially ...

There are indeed proposals for a mission to Neptune to study the planet and its moons (particularly Triton). Recent U.S.-led proposals included Trident and Neptune Odyssey, among others ...

[Video: Fly By Neptune's Freezing Moon Triton ] Planets form from a circumstellar disc of dust and gas that surrounds a young star. This disc circles the star in one direction, and thus most ...

One outcome of the Alpbach Summer School this year was an idea for a combined Neptune / Triton explorer mission ... provided exciting insights into the planet. For example, its magnetosphere ...

But not all scientists agree that the planet is cool enough for such liquid to stick around without evaporating. Neptune has 14 known moons as of 2019. Its largest celestial tagalong, Triton ...

It came in like a wrecking ball. Neptune has one of the weirdest collections of moons in our solar system, and it’s Triton’s fault. The planet’s largest moon probably smashed into the calm ...

Neptune, the farthest known planet, was last visited by Voyager 2 in the 1980s. The Arcanum mission is designed to orbit Neptune and land on Triton, giving insight into both objects of interest in ...