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Meet Hippocamp! Neptune's Smallest Moon Has a Name (and a Violent Past)
By Mike Wall published
A faint and frigid little moon doesn't have to go by "Neptune XIV" anymore.
Ancient, Exiled Asteroid Discovered Beyond Neptune
By Chelsea Gohd published
Astronomers have spotted a carbon-rich asteroid in the icy region beyond Neptune called the Kuiper Belt — the first such asteroid ever found to be exiled from the inner solar system.
Neptune's Moon Triton and Star 'Flash' Earth During an Occultation
By Samantha Mathewson published
Black-Hole Bursts Turn 'Mini-Neptunes' into Rocky 'Super-Earths'
By Samantha Mathewson published
Supermassive black holes near the center of our Milky Way galaxy may have transformed "mini-Neptune" exoplanets into rocky "super-Earths," new research shows.
Triton: Neptune's Odd Moon
By Elizabeth Howell published
Triton has some peculiarities about its environment, including the fact that it orbits backward to Neptune's rotation and seems to have undergone a huge melt in the past.
When Triton Crashed the Party at Neptune
By Nola Taylor Tillman published
Neptune's largest moon may have gotten rid of some of the planet's original satellites, throwing some into the ice giant, swallowing up some itself and hurling the rest out into space.
Clouds on 'Failed Stars' Resemble Those on Neptune
By Charles Q. Choi published
For the first time, scientists have seen bands of clouds drifting across the skies of failed stars known as brown dwarfs.
Surprise! New Neptune Storm Appears in a Bizarre Location
By Elizabeth Howell published
A nearly Earth-size storm system was spotted near Neptune's equator, surprising scientists because no bright clouds have ever been seen in that location.
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