Three of Neptune's moons might have been born from the remnants of ancient icy worlds shattered by Neptune's largest moon, Triton, a new study finds.
These findings suggest further research of these moons might give researchers an unprecedented look at the innards of icy worlds.
"The interiors of large icy moons are normally permanently hidden from us, buried beneath thick shells of water ice," study lead author Ryleigh Davis, a planetary scientist currently at the University of California, San Diego, told Space.com. "Neptune's inner moons may be the only place in the solar system where we can directly observe that material, because a catastrophic event essentially turned those ancient worlds inside out."
Triton is by far the largest of Neptune...
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