Whenever I read the NY Times I always flip to the same section first, which would be the science section. That might not strange because I am an AD/Pr major and I absolutely hate studying science with my entire being, but something about science has always fascinated me. Today when I was looking through the space and cosmos section I read an article published about Triton, Neptune’s largest moon.
The article, written by Dennis Overbye, talks all about how the Voyager 2 spacecraft had passed by this moon back in 1989 and scientist’s discovered this moon might actually be related to Pluto. This moon actually rotates backwards in comparison to all of Neptune’s other moons, providing evidence that the moon cannot be made out of the same gases. Scientists want to learn more about this so in 2015 the New Horizons probe will be sent back out to collect more data.
I am interested in what the data will yield and how the moon, if related to Pluto, ended up rotating around Neptune instead. This information could really help advance what we know about space today and yield even more information so we can discover even more tomorrow.
The article, written by Dennis Overbye, talks all about how the Voyager 2 spacecraft had passed by this moon back in 1989 and scientist’s discovered this moon might actually be related to Pluto. This moon actually rotates backwards in comparison to all of Neptune’s other moons, providing evidence that the moon cannot be made out of the same gases. Scientists want to learn more about this so in 2015 the New Horizons probe will be sent back out to collect more data.
I am interested in what the data will yield and how the moon, if related to Pluto, ended up rotating around Neptune instead. This information could really help advance what we know about space today and yield even more information so we can discover even more tomorrow.