Orbiting in reverse around Neptune, Triton is a cosmic rebel with a secret past. This video dives into the evidence that suggests this giant moon was not born around the blue planet but was violently ...

Triton was discovered in 1846 by the British astronomer William Lassell, but much about Neptune’s largest moon still remains a mystery. A flyby by NASA's Voyager 2 spacecraft in 1989 offered a quick ...

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 ...

William Lassell, an amateur astronomer, discovered Neptune's moon Triton on October 10, 1846, using his self-constructed 20-foot reflector telescope, a mere 17 days after Neptune's initial ...

Astronomers have identified a colossal exomoon candidate roughly seven Neptune masses orbiting the giant world HD 206893 B — ...