A researcher studying footage from the Hubble Space Telescope has discovered a new moon around Neptune, making it the fourteenth satellite known to be orbiting the blue gas giant. Mark Showalter of the SETI Institute in Mountain View, California, discovered the new moon by examining more than 150 archival photos taken by …

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Monday 15th July 2013 23:30 GMT Florida1920

Call back Voyager 2

Back into the Solar System Voyager 2, you missed something!

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Tuesday 16th July 2013 00:02 GMT Don Jefe

That's no moon.

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1. Wednesday 17th July 2013 02:37 GMT Steven Roper
  
  It isn't a Death Star either, since it's only 19 km in diameter, the Death Star at ~160 km diameter (for the Alderaan-busting one) would eat that small moon for breakfast and not even notice...
  
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Tuesday 16th July 2013 02:17 GMT Anonymous Coward

What if there had been no new moon there when Voyager passed by?

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1. Tuesday 16th July 2013 07:57 GMT Anonymous Coward
  
  A recent capture would most likely have a wild orbit. But nice idea.
  
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  1. Tuesday 16th July 2013 07:58 GMT Shrimpling
    
    Unless it is a powered spacecraft
    
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Tuesday 16th July 2013 02:24 GMT Martin Budden

Dammit!

Now I'm going to have to find somewhere else to park my ship.

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Tuesday 16th July 2013 07:36 GMT Richard Wharram

Neptunian women?

On Earth we only have one natural satellite to track to know when to hide in the shed to avoid moon-rage. Neptune's men must be permanently in the shed.

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1. Tuesday 16th July 2013 08:13 GMT John Smith 19
  
  Re: Neptunian women?
  
  "On Earth we only have one natural satellite to track to know when to hide in the shed to avoid moon-rage. Neptune's men must be permanently in the shed."
  
  Delightful.
  
  On a serious point it's 12 miles in diameter so tidal effects are minimal.
  
  I guess they'd complicate writing the tide tables for Neptune but I don't think that's going to a major problem anytime soon.
  
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Tuesday 16th July 2013 09:23 GMT Tom 7

We're going to have to invent

some new greek mythology soon.

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Tuesday 16th July 2013 09:39 GMT bearded bear can

I have a very bad feeling about this.

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Tuesday 16th July 2013 12:02 GMT Tchou

Black coal

Can I be the first to say...

"Don't disturb unless it is Mr Shadow"

"It is Mr Shadow"

Education icon, just because.

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1. Tuesday 16th July 2013 17:37 GMT stizzleswick
  
  Re: Black coal
  
  I thought this was about the 14th moon, not the 5th element?
  
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Tuesday 16th July 2013 19:38 GMT Beachrider

I am getting a feeling...

This looks like another ex-planet that hasn't cleared its orbit of enough debris? Maybe it is a fat-dwarf planet?

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