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Comet Smacked Neptune 200 Years Ago, Data Suggests

How Did Neptune Form?

By Nola Taylor Tillman published

The gas giant formed out of the dust cloud known as the solar nebula.

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Storms on Neptune

The Biggest Mysteries of Neptune

By Elizabeth Howell published

To date, there has been only one mission to Neptune, the Voyager 2 flyby of 1989. This leaves a lot of unanswered questions about the other blue planet.

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Approaching Neptune

Approaching Neptune | Space Wallpaper

By Space.com Staff published

In 1989, Voyager 2 approached Neptune and captured the first images of the soft, elongated cirrus-type clouds in the planet's atmosphere.

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Neptune's Magnetic Field

Neptune's Strange Magnetic Field Stretches Arms in New Model (Video)

By Sarah Lewin published

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While living on Neptune's moon Triton, you'd be subjected to the coldest temperatures in the solar system, incredibly weak gravity and retrograde sunrises and sunsets. This image of Triton was taken by NASA's Voyager 2 spacecraft in 1989.

What It Would Be Like to Live on Neptune's Moon Triton

By Joseph Castro published

Neptune's moon Triton has some unique properties among the moons of the solar system, which could make it an interesting location for a space colony.

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Chart shows conditions on Triton, moon of Neptune.

Living on Triton: Neptune's Moon Explained (Infographic)

By Karl Tate published

Triton's surface is so cold, the ground is made of frozen nitrogen.

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Galileo's Sketch of Jupiter's Moons, Dec. 27/28, 1612

Cosmic Quest: Who Really Discovered Neptune?

By Geoff Gaherty published

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Neptune's moon Triton is seen in new detail in this still from a NASA animation showing the best map yet of the moon using data from the Voyager 2 spacecraft collected during a flyby on Aug. 25, 1989.

NASA Unveils Best Map Ever of Neptune's Moon Triton (Images, Video)

By Mike Wall published

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Neptune’s winds travel at more than 1,500 mph, and are the fastest planetary winds in the solar system.

Neptune Shines in Night Sky This Week

By Joe Rao published

Neptune is much too faint to be seen with the unaided eye, but right now you can see the blue planet shine just by using binoculars.

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Comet Smacked Neptune 200 Years Ago, Data Suggests

Photos of Neptune, The Mysterious Blue Planet

By Space.com Staff published

See amazing photos of the planet Neptune, eighth planet from the sun.

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