An artist's conception of Triton and its binary companion as they approach Neptune. This encounter facilitated Triton’s capture to an inclined retrograde orbit around Neptune, an event that ...

Take a scenic tour of Neptune's moon: 'Best-ever' global colour map of Triton created from restored 1989 film. Footage of Voyager 2's flyby of Neptune's largest moon has been restored ...

Triton isn’t just any moon – it’s one of the most mysterious objects in the entire solar system. In this video, we explore what makes Neptune’s largest moon so strange, from its backward orbit and icy ...

This view of the volcanic plains of Neptune's moon Triton was made from topographic mapping of images obtained by NASA's Voyager 2 spacecraft during its August 1989 flyby. This image of Neptune ...

Astronomers using the Gemini Observatory explore Neptune's largest moon Triton and observe, for the first time beyond the lab, an extraordinary union between carbon monoxide and nitrogen ices. The ...

Triton is also an “irregular” satellite that has an inclined, circular orbit around Neptune. It is highly unlikely that the moon formed in such a configuration and was probably captured from elsewhere ...

(SPACE.com) 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 ...

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 ...

On August 25, 1989, Voyager 2 sailed past Triton, capturing our first real look at Neptune’s moon. With half the moon lost in shadow, we only got a glimpse of the icy moon.