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

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

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 ...

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 ...

James Webb Space Telescope unveils stunning images of Neptune's aurora Northumbria University's Henrik Melin, the lead researcher, described how excited he was to be able to image Neptune's ...

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

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 ...

The most elusive planetary aurora in the Solar System has finally been revealed in all its gently glowing glory.

"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 ...