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

A NASA astronaut captured an image of a giant “red sprite” from space earlier this week, and the jellyfish-looking result is stunning. Nichole Ayers, an American astronaut currently aboard the ...

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

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

NASA astronaut Nichole Ayers captured an electrifying image of a giant lightning "sprite" shooting up over Mexico and ...

NASA astronaut Nichole Ayers has shared an incredible image of a sprite, a rare weather phenomenon that's triggered high ...

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.

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 ...

Bright red flashes were captured by NASA astronaut, Matthew Dominick, from the International Space Station earlier in the year. This phenomenon is known as the red sprite and is extremely rare ...

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 ...