As NASA's New Horizons mission heads to Pluto, scientists could get an idea of what to expect by studying Triton, Neptune’s strange icy moon.
New Horizons marked a major anniversary on Aug 25 when the Pluto-bound spacecraft crossed the orbit of Neptune: It was 25 years ago that the Voyager 2 spacecraft first flew by Neptune and its satellite Triton.
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