"Neptune was the missing piece of the puzzle when it came to detecting auroras on the giant planets," said the European Space ...

The planet’s elusive aurorae are much colder than expected, which is how they evaded detection for so long.

NASA’s James Webb telescope is offering a new look at Neptune’s aurora, leading to a new mystery involving the eighth planet from the sun.

The James Webb Space Telescope identified the lights in the distant planet’s atmosphere, which could not be seen by earlier telescopes or spacecraft. By Robin George Andrews The vermilion ...

"It was so stunning to not just see the auroras, but the detail and clarity of the signature really shocked me." ...

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Neptune harbors cosmic secrets, in part because of its distance from Earth. But researchers have just unlocked one of the planet's mysteries by using the unique capabilities of the James Webb ...

"Neptune's aurora shines over latitudes comparable to South America on Earth," Hammel said. "This is because Neptune's magnetic field is seriously tilted from the planet's rotation axis (by 47 ...

If Earth had Auroras in similar areas to Neptune, they wouldn't be in the poles - but near Japan and Argentina.

Neptune’s spectacular aurora has been captured by NASA (Picture: EPA) The auroras would be visible north of Japan if they were on Earth like Neptune (Picture: Metro/Google Maps) ‘If you were t ...