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 ...

The next moon, Triton, is much further out and much ... An occulting mask was placed in front of Neptune to reduce the planet's glare. In the image, a color composite of Neptune, taken one month ...

A new storm just like it was found roaming the northern hemisphere of the planet. This global color mosaic of Triton was taken by Voyager 2 in 1989. Like Earth, Triton is thought to have a ...

Recently, astronomers took data on the eighth planet from the Sun ... Most prominent in this image is Triton, above Neptune, with bright diffraction spikes. This color is due to the highly ...

[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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...