Sprites “are transient luminous events” that “are triggered by intense electrical activity in the thunderstorms,” astronaut ...

A rare and visually stunning electrical phenomenon lit up the skies over North America earlier this week, as NASA astronaut ...

NASA astronaut Nichole “Vapor" Ayers captured a stunning photo of a rare red sprite bolt above a thunderstorm over the Desert ...

The discovery not only confirms that Himalayan thunderstorms can produce some of the world’s most complex phenomenon.

This suggests that thunderstorms in the Himalayan region have the potential to produce some of the most complex and intense upper-atmospheric electrical discharges on Earth.” The team of ...

An enormous red halo of light flashed in the night sky above Italy before disappearing within milliseconds. It was likely caused by an electromagnetic pulse from a nearby thunderstorm.