Neptune
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But as Julian Sancton tells us in his splendid “Neptune’s Fortune: The Billion-Dollar Shipwreck and the Ghosts of the Spanish Empire,” it is estimated that there was “as much as eight tons’ worth of gold on board, more than had ever sailed in a single Spanish ship,” and “more than a million silver coins,” in addition to precious-metal contraband and—another estimate—600 or so people.
Especially moving in “Neptune’s Fortune” is the insight and empathy Mr. Sancton brings to his consideration of the book’s bedeviled but oddly gallant protagonist.
Uranus and Neptune are believed to contain vast quantities of water deep within their interiors, meaning superionic water could be the dominant form of water across much of the solar system.
From Science Daily
To see Uranus and Neptune you'll need a pair of binoculars or a small telescope.
From BBC
Additional findings are expected in the coming months from a whale fall currently being monitored at NEPTUNE's Clayoquot Slope site.
From Science Daily
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