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 ...

This article lists the top 7 largest moons in our Solar System, detailing their size, the planet they orbit, and key ...

An enhanced view of Neptune's largest moon, Triton. Sometimes, astronomy is like a forensic investigation: We can't just rerun the past, so we have to study clues to figure out what happened. And the ...