Astronomers had observed auroras on all other planets in the Solar System, and spotting one in Neptune completes the list.

Scientists suspected the ice giant hosted auroras—and had already observed them on Jupiter, Saturn and Uranus. But an ...

For the first time, researchers have spotted infrared auroras swirling in Neptune’s atmosphere ... Now, the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has finally provided the power to detect them.

Using the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have captured direct images of Neptune's elusive auroras for the first time ...

Hints of auroras were first faintly detected in ultraviolet light during a flyby of the Voyager 2 spacecraft in 1989. Webb ...

NASA’s James Webb space telescope is offering a new look at Neptune’s aurora, leading to a new mystery involving the eighth planet from the sun. According to an article published by NASA on ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has successfully detected auroras on Neptune for the first time ever, finishing a job that ...

The first direct evidence for auroras on Neptune has been spotted by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) and the Hubble ...

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But auroras around our sun’s most distant planet, Neptune, have long eluded astronomers. That has changed with the powerful infrared instruments aboard the James Webb Space Telescope.

At the left, an enhanced-color image of Neptune from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. At the right, that image is combined with data from the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope.