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 ...

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 ...

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

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, 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).

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 ...

All 14 of Neptune’s known moons can be seen through the telescope. ESA/WEBB/AFP via Getty Images Triton, the largest and brightest of Neptune’s moons, can be seen in the upper left corner.

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 ...

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has captured a gorgeous image of Neptune, its rings, and seven of the planet's moons. One of Neptune's moons shines so brightly, that it could be mistaken ...

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 the outer solar system contains one striking crime scene ...

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 ...