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

The James Webb Space Telescope identified the lights in the distant planet’s atmosphere, which could not be seen by earlier telescopes or spacecraft.

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,