Neptune's moon Nereid survived crash

Scientists, led by a team from the California Institute of Technology, using United States — NASA>>>'s James Webb Space Telescope, have reported new findings about Neptune's moon Nereids>>>. The observations suggest that Nereids>>> is likely an original companion of Neptune that survived a cosmic crash caused by the arrival of Triton>>> billions of years ago. This challenges previous theories that Nereids>>> migrated from the Kuiper belt. The study, published in Science Advances, indicates that Nereids>>>'s composition, particularly its high ice content, is inconsistent with typical Kuiper belt objects. Matthew Belyakov>>> of California Institute of Technology highlighted that Nereids>>> is understudied. Scott S. Sheppard>>> of Carnegie Institution for Science affirmed that Nereids>>>'s peculiar orbit aligns with the history of a moon pushed outward by Triton>>>'s capture. No future spacecraft missions to Neptune are currently planned to further investigate its system's origin.