Explore Neptune
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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?
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was the sun and creator god in ancient Egypt?
Did you know that the Sun's poles rotate more slowly than the Sun's equator?
Earth and Space Science Concept of the Day
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Shadow zonexShadow zone : The shadow zone is the area of the earth from angular distances of 104 to 140 degrees from a given earthquake that does not receive any direct P waves. The shadow zone results from S waves being stopped entirely by the liquid core and P waves being b
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Research Highlights
Global warming is a hot topic, and it's causing concern for scientists studying winter annuals in the Sonoran Desert. While desert winters have become warmer and drier over the years, climate changes have...
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