An enhanced view of Neptune's largest moon, Triton. Sometimes, astronomy is like a forensic investigation: We can't just rerun the past, so we have to study clues to figure out what happened. And ...

Neptune’s large moon Triton may have abandoned an earlier partner to arrive in its unusual orbit around Neptune. Triton is unique among all the large moons in the solar system because it orbits ...

Triton was discovered in 1846 by the British astronomer William Lassell, but much about Neptune’s largest moon still remains a mystery.

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.

Add another moon to the New Horizons photo gallery: the spacecraft’s Long Range Reconnaissance Imager detected Triton, the largest of Neptune’s 13 known moons, during the annual spacecraft ...

Colour photograph of Neptune's largest moon, Triton. Nearly two dozen images were combined to ...More produce this comprehensive view of the Neptune facing hemisphere of Triton. Dated 20th century ...

High-powered telescopes may also be able to catch a glimpse of Neptune’s brightest moon, Triton. How to see Neptune at opposition 2022. At opposition, and on surrounding nights, ...

Triton, Neptune’s largest moon, is one of the “coolest” objects in the solar system, literally, with a surface temperature of minus 235 degrees Celsius (minus 391 degrees Fahrenheit).

Famously having had its position predicted via observations of Uranus and a lot of pieces of paper by Urbain Le Verrier, Neptune was located by Johann Galle on 23rd September 1846 (by what is now ...

SANTA CRUZ, CA–Neptune’s large moon Triton may have abandoned an earlier partner to arrive in its unusual orbit around Neptune. Triton is unique among all the large moons in the solar system ...

Add another moon to the New Horizons photo gallery: the spacecraft’s Long Range Reconnaissance Imager detected Triton, the largest of Neptune’s 13 known moons, during the annual spacecraft ...