ALBAWABA - Chinese astrophotographer Dong Shuchang's lens captured an amazing and rare natural phenomenon in the sky of Tibet ...

As Tropical Storm Nicole moved toward Florida this week, some of its clouds went as far south as Puerto Rico. There, a photographer captured an elusive and strange phenomenon known as “sprite ...

Like a giant jellyfish floating through the atmosphere, "red sprites" hover above thunderstorms in two new photographs snapped from space. Astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) ...

A stunning image captured by a NASA astronaut showing a red ‘sprite lightning’ above a thunderstorm is going viral again one year later, and many people are just now discovering this rare atmospheric ...

A photographer in Tibet captured an extraordinary atmospheric spectacle: giant red flashes known as red sprites, and an even ...

NASA astronaut Don Pettit is known for snapping stunning space imagery from the International Space Station (ISS), and his latest capture doesn't disappoint. In an X (formerly Twitter) post, Pettit ...

Amazing new photos and video of the elusive red lightning called sprites are helping researchers understand how the mysterious electric bursts form. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited ...

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Only a few decades ago, scientists discovered the existence of "sprites" 30 to 55 miles above the surface of the Earth. They're offshoots of electric discharges caused by lightning storms, and a ...

Like a giant jellyfish floating through the atmosphere, "red sprites" hover above thunderstorms in two new photographs snapped from space. Astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) ...