Speeding around the Earth at 28,000 km/h, NASA astronaut Nichole Ayers captured an incredible view of a phenomenon known as a red sprite. Here's the science behind this 'transient luminous event'.

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 ...

Lightning has captured people's fascination for millennia. It's embedded in mythology, religion and popular culture. Think of ...

In May 2022, an extraordinary electrical phenomenon unfolded in the skies above the Himalayas, capturing the attention of both scientists and skywatchers. Over one hundred rare and vibrant red sprites ...

A rare and visually stunning electrical phenomenon lit up the skies over North America earlier this week, as NASA astronaut Nichole Ayers captured a dramatic image of a giant red lightning sprite from ...

One night in May 2022, two astrophotographers camping near Lake Puma Yumco in Tibet caught something extraordinary on film: bursts of glowing red lightning dancing in the sky. These weren't UFOs or ...

“As we went over Mexico and the U.S. this morning, I caught this sprite,” the former collegiate volleyball player said Ayers is aboard the International Space Station as pilot of SpaceX Dragon’s ...

Have you ever seen a giant red jellyfish light up the night sky for a split second? If you have, you’re not imagining things. You’ve just witnessed a lightning-like electrical discharge high in the ...