Experts are not sure why Neptune's auroras can be seen around the planet's "mid-latitudes," and not the north and south poles

Scientists suspected the ice giant hosted auroras—and had already observed them on Jupiter, Saturn and Uranus. But an observation of Neptune's lights remained elusive for decades

In a major breakthrough, the James Webb space telescope of NASA has for the first time captured auroral activity on Neptune, a task that has kept the scientists busy for a long time, despite successful detections on other planets in the solar system,