A NASA astronaut drifting high above Earth recently managed to capture a rare phenomenon that scientists have been working to understand for about three decades. Known as a "sprite," the atmospheric ...
Having both of these happen in the same frame is a unique situation and provides a rare glimpse into Earth's fleeting ...
Red spites, a type of transient luminous event or TLE, appear in the upper atmosphere above a thunderstorm in Oklahoma in April 2025. Photograph by Paul Smith Our atmosphere is like one big electrical ...
The world is full of amazing phenomena that remind us how magical and surprising nature can be. From glowing plankton in the ocean to shimmering auroras in the sky, these wonders show that Earth has ...
From the ISS, NASA astronaut Don Pettit captured rare purple lightning and mysterious upper-atmosphere flashes above massive ...
A storm chaser says he "screamed" when he captured an elusive natural phenomenon, known as red sprites, on video.
A photographer Wednesday morning caught a rare phenomenon on video during thunderstorms in Puerto Rico. The phenomenon, known as a gigantic jet, is a Transient Luminous Event (TLE) and looks like ...