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Category Archives: Neptune (2015 Mission)

  • Today’s post is part of a special series here on Planet Pailly called Sciency Words. Each week, we take a closer look at an interesting science [...]

    Sciency Words: Ring Arcs

    November 27, 2015
  • Neptune is really far away and difficult to observe through a telescope. Nothing emphasizes this better than the fact that we lost one of [...]

    The Strange Story of Naiad

    November 25, 2015
  • I feel bad for Neptune. Only one spacecraft (Voyager 2) has ever been there, and it didn’t stay long. Neptune is the planet farthest from the [...]

    Why Haven’t We Returned to Neptune?

    November 23, 2015
  • Today’s post is part of a special series here on Planet Pailly called Sciency Words. Each week, we take a closer look at an interesting science [...]

    Sciency Words: Centaur

    November 20, 2015
  • Something’s wrong with Neptune’s magnetic field. Not all planets have magnetic fields. For the planets that do, we can generally expect two [...]

    Neptune: Which Way Is North?

    November 18, 2015
  • Welcome to Molecular Mondays! Every other Monday, we examine the atoms and molecules that serve as the building blocks of our universe, both in [...]

    Molecular Monday: Hot as Ice VII

    November 16, 2015
  • Today’s post is part of a special series here on Planet Pailly called Sciency Words. Each week, we take a closer look at an interesting science [...]

    Sciency Words: Cantaloupe Terrain

    November 13, 2015
  • Meet Triton, the largest of Neptune’s moons. Triton is in a retrograde orbit, meaning that as Neptune rotates in one direction, Triton orbits [...]

    The Strange Story of Triton

    November 10, 2015
  • Today’s post is part of a special series here on Planet Pailly called Sciency Words. Each week, we take a closer look at an interesting science [...]

    Sciency Words: Flagship Mission

    November 6, 2015
  • Welcome to Molecular Mondays! Every other Monday, we examine the atoms and molecules that serve as the building blocks of our universe, both in [...]

    Molecular Monday: Water on Neptune

    November 2, 2015
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