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 ...

When we think of moons, we usually think of our Moon. It's bright and familiar, can be seen with the naked eye, and the only one humans have ever set foot on. But in the grand scheme of the solar ...

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 ...

A global color mosaic shows Neptune’s largest moon, Triton, from images taken by the Voyager 2 spacecraft in August 1989. HELSINKI — China is charting a long-term deep space strategy centered on ...