JWST found water-altered clay minerals on two of Neptune's tiny inner moons and its rings that probably formed deep inside much larger icy worlds — compelling evidence that today's moons may be rubble from Neptune's original satellite system, destroyed w
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- JWST found water-altered clay minerals on two of Neptune's tiny inner moons and its rings that probably formed deep inside much larger icy worlds — compelling evidence that today's moons may be rubble from Neptune's original satellite system, destroyed w Space Daily · 2d ago broke it first
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