Red sprites are among a class of enigmatic weather phenomena that appear over thunderstorms, known as Transient Luminous ...

“They appear moments after a lightning strike—a sudden reddish flash that can take a range of shapes, often combining diffuse ...

Rare red sprite spotted by astronaut Nichole Ayers from the ISS Sprites flash high above storms and vanish in just ...

U.S. astronaut Nichole "Vapor" Ayers captured a spectacular view of a phenomenon known as a "sprite" blazing to life above an ...

While they are referred to as upper atmospheric lightning, the only thing red sprites have in common with the typical form of ...

Was it a cosmic jellyfish, a fleeting light trick, or something more outlandish? When NASA astronaut Nichole Ayers took a ...

Red Sprite. NASA astronaut Nichole Ayers, currently stationed on board the International Space Station, shared an incredible image of a sprite — a rare weather phenomenon that's triggered high ...

Sprites, named after the elusive fairylike creatures, are predominantly red flashes that occur above thunderstorm clouds. They can briefly change the electrically charged layers of our upper ...

Red sprites, vivid red electrical discharges above thunderstorms, were observed over the Himalayas on May 19, 2022. Over 100 sprites, including rare secondary jets and "ghost sprites," were captured.

Before they began to study the Himalayan red sprites, Gaopeng Lu and his colleagues encountered a problem: While visually arresting, An and Dong’s recordings of the 2022 outbreak weren’t ...

Red sprites aren't exactly rare, but capturing one from this vantage point certainly is! Speeding around the Earth at 28,000 km/h, NASA astronaut Nichole Ayers captured an incredible view of a ...