An ancient moonpocalypse may explain Neptune’s odd moon Nereid
New findings suggest Nereid may not have come into Neptune’s orbit from the Kuiper Belt
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope captured Neptune and its rings and inner moons in 2022. These moons could be made of the pulverized remains of Neptune’s original moons.
NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI; Image Processing: Joseph DePasquale/STScI, Naomi Rowe-Gurney/NASA-GSFC