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Five New Neptunian moons

cyclop writes "It's a new time of discoveries in the Solar System. Just when Cassini discovered two news moons on Saturn, old Earth-based astronomy strikes back by revealing five small bodies around Neptune. The faint moons seem to have eccentric and inclined orbits, and to have been captured by Neptune."

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  1. Is it worth it? by pilybaby · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    I'm very interested in what space can tell us about the universe and its rules etc. But I really see research into moons as being a waste of money that could have been better spent feeding and clothing the poorest in the world.