Jul 30, 2026
✦ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
Neptune's moon system is bizarre. James Webb Space Telescope data helps explain why
Neptune has a strange moon system, and James Webb Space Telescope data helps explain why. Triton, the largest moon, orbits in the opposite direction. Researchers found clay minerals on inner moons, suggesting a violent past. "We don't actually know whether Neptune ever had such a system," said Dr Ryleigh Davis.