Tagged: astronomy

Nereid: Neptune’s Boomerang Moon With Eccentric Trajectory

Many moons in our Solar System have very special characteristics. One of them is Nereid, Neptune’s third largest moon located behind Triton and Proteus. It has a diameter of approximately 340 kilometers (211 miles) and its most interesting characteristic is that it has the most...

Milky Way Is Home To More Than 100 Billion Brown Dwarfs

Our galaxy could have 100 billion brown dwarfs or more, according to recent study conducted by an international team of astronomers. Astronomers focused their survey on distant star cluster, RCW 38 in the constellation of Vela. The cluster has a high density of large number...