Neptune's auroras captured in detail by Webb telescope

WASHINGTON — Neptune's glowing auroras have been captured in the minutest detail yet by NASA's James Webb Space Telescope.

Hints of auroras were first detected in ultraviolet light during a flyby of the Voyager 2 spacecraft in 1989. Webb captured Neptune's shimmering lights in infrared light, providing direct evidence they exist.

NASA issued the images on Wednesday, and the results were published in the journal Nature Astronomy.