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Farfarout is now literally the most far-out object in the solar system
Elizabeth Rayne
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Defying death, a monster storm on Neptune makes a U-turn
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Dec 17, 2020
A Hubble image taken in January 2020 shows a large dark spot on Neptune and a smaller one that may have spun off of it. Credit: NASA / ESA / STScI / M.H. Wong (University of California, Berkeley) and L.A. Sromovsky and P.M. Fry (University of Wisconsin-Ma
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The dance of Neptune's water sprite moons
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Aug 27, 2020
The orbit of Neptune’s moon Naiad (in red, shown over many orbits) keeps it away from the other tiny moon Thalassa; otherwise they’d eventually interact. Credit; NASA/JPL-Caltech
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NASA proposes mission to Neptune's bizarre moon Triton, which could be hiding a subsurface ocean
Elizabeth Rayne
Jun 24, 2020
NASA image of Triton
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Neptune's back yard just got 316 new residents
Phil Plait
Mar 17, 2020
Artwork depicting a Kuiper Belt Object far beyond Neptune. Credit: ASA/ESA/G. Bacon (STScI)
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Fascinating new NASA mission concepts will make you want them all to launch
Elizabeth Rayne
Feb 17, 2020
NASA image of Jupiter and Io
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How to make a moon of Neptune: Whack another moon REALLY hard.
Phil Plait
Feb 21, 2019
Artwork depicting Neptune and its small moon Hippocamp. Credit: NASA, ESA, and J. Olmsted (STScI)
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"And what is this newfound love for the ice giants?"
Phil Plait
Feb 12, 2019
Uranus (left) and Neptune (right) seen by Hubble in late 2018. Both are monitored every year or so for atmospheric features.
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Astronomers pew-pew their way to super-sharp images
Phil Plait
Jan 9, 2019
Four lasers beam into the sky to help sharpen images taken using the Very Large Telescope. Credit: ESO/F. Kamphues
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A flash from Triton
Phil Plait
Mar 14, 2018
A mosaic of Neptune’s moon Triton created from Voyager 2 images during a flyby in 1989. Note the black streaks near the bottom; evidence of geyser-like eruptions and wind. Credit: NASA/JPL/USGS
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