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

The perception of Neptune as much darker and bluer than Uranus was "cemented" when pictures were sent back by the Voyager 2 probe after it flew by the two planets in 1986 and 1989, said The Times.

Scientists observed and captured the first clear evidence of auroras on Neptune using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), marking a milestone in the study of the outer reaches of the solar system.

Far from the Sun, and Earth, the sky-blue planet Neptune has been captured shimmering in near-infrared light as particles interact in its hazy atmosphere. It's the first time an aurora has been ...

But Webb's observations didn't just provide new pretty pictures of the ice giant planet's greenish-blue splotches. It revealed how odd Neptune's auroras are compared to other planets', glowing ...