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  "id": 28596,
  "title": "Neptune's Inner Moons May Be Shattered Remains of Ancient Icy Worlds",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/07/29/neptunes-inner-moons-may-be-shattered-remains-of-ancient-icy-worlds",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-07-29T18:01:18.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Caltech News",
    "slug": "caltech-news",
    "url": "https://www.caltech.edu/about/news/neptunes-inner-moons-may-be-shattered-remains-of-ancient-icy-worlds"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "In 1989, the Voyager 2 mission discovered six new moons orbiting Neptune, including five tiny ones that orbit just outside the planet's main rings. Because of their small sizes and locations, these satellites have been difficult to study from Earth. Now, using NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), a team of Caltech researchers has observed Neptune's rings and three of those moons—Larissa,…",
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Universe Today",
        "title": "Smashed Ice Worlds Formed Neptune's Inner Moons and Rings",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/01/smashed-ice-worlds-formed-neptunes-inner-moons-and-rings",
        "published": "2026-08-01T05:19:34.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}