A lunar crash may have destroyed Neptune's original set of moons, leaving one oddball behind.

These findings solidify questions about the moon that stem back to its discovery in 1949.

Neptune's mysterious, far-flung moon Nereid may be the last of the planet's original companions

Nereid was discovered by Dutch astronomer Gerard Kuiper, who named the moon after the sea nymphs in Greek mythology

Neptune’s far-flung moon Nereid may be the last of the planet’s original companions that managed to survive a cosmic crash, scientists reported...

A lunar crash may have destroyed Neptune's original set of moons, leaving one oddball behind.