Study Proposes Neptune's Inner Moons are Fragments of Destroyed System

New observations from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) suggest Neptune's inner moons, including Larissa, Galatea, and Proteus, are remnants of an original moon system. Caltech researchers propose this system was likely destroyed when Triton, Neptune's largest moon, was captured by the planet's gravity. These findings, published in Science Advances, indicate a unique evolutionary pathway for Neptune's moon system.