Explore Neptune
The Giant planets do not have the same kind of structure inside that the terrestrial planets ...
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Neptune's atmosphere shows a striped pattern of clouds. This cloud pattern is very similar ...
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The magnetosphere of Neptune is very much like that of Uranus, medium sized but still much ...
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Neptune's largest moon is named Triton. Triton is much larger than any of the planet's other moons. ...
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The South Pole of the planet Neptune is unusual in several ways. Triton, Neptune's largest ...
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All of the relevant information about Neptune collected on one page, including details about size, orbit ...
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Neptune was the god of the waters and was a son of Chronos and a brother of Jupiter and of Pluto ...
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A table containing information about the spacecraft that have visited Neptune ...
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Access wonderful captioned photos and illustrations that will inspire and excite you. ...
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These are links to other great web sites about Neptune. But beware: you don't want to get ...
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Did you know?
Did you know that the majority of
water
on Earth is held in the Earth’s
ocean?
Did you know that about 250 million years ago, almost all life in the ocean became extinct?
Earth and Space Science Concept of the Day
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Orographic liftxOrographic lift : Occurs when an air mass is forced to rise over geographic relief from a lower elevation. As the air mass rises it expands and cools adiabatically, which can raise the relative humidity to 100%, create clouds and precipitation.
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Research Highlights
Researchers have found a primitive Earth mantle reservoir on Baffin Island in the Canadian Arctic. Geologist Matthew Jackson and his colleagues from a multi-institution collaboration report the finding--the...
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