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Neptune photographed by Voyage. Image credit: NASA/JPL

Guide to Space, Neptune

The Planet Neptune

11 Sep , 2015 by Matt Williams

Neptune is the eight planet from our Sun and one of the four gas giants, as well as being the most distant planet in our Solar System.

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Neptune and Moons

Guide to Space, Neptune

How Many Moons Does Neptune Have?

8 Sep , 2015 by Matt Williams

Around the distant gas (and ice) giant Neptune lies an impressive system of moons, which we have known about only since the late 19th century

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A Tale of a Lost Moon: Hubble Spies Neptune’s Moons and Its Rings

8 Oct , 2013 by David Dickinson

“That’s no moon…” -B. Kenobi But in this case, it is… a lost moon of Neptune not seen since its discovery in the late 1980’s. A new announcement from the 45th Meeting of the Division for Planetary Sciences of the American Astronomical Society being held this week in Denver, Colorado revealed the recovery of a […]

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Naiad

22 Feb , 2010 by Abby Cessna

[/caption] Naiad is one of the 13 moons of Neptune. Neptune was not discovered until 1989 through studying photos taken by the Voyager 2 probe. Thus, the Voyager Science Team is credited with its discovery. It was the last moon discovered by the probe, which helped scientists find five moons altogether.  The last five new […]

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