Astronaut Nichole Ayersaboard the International Space Station (ISS) recently captured a breathtaking view of a rare ...

The Royal Meteorological Society has announced the winners of the Standard Chartered Weather Photographer of the Year contest. Wang Xin was outside Shanghai during an intense thunderstorm when he ...

Also known as red lightning, the Transient Luminous Event (TLE) is associated with extremely intense thunderstorms, Space.com reported, which are typically only spotted using specific cameras or from ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Halloween is here and scientists at the Nation Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) are claiming that elves and sprites are real. Halloween’s the time for all things ...

As Hurricane Matthew intensified over the weekend near Colombia, a keen skywatcher in Puerto Rico caught a glimpse of an unusual type of lightning known as sprites. Oblivious to the fury of the storms ...

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The UK's Royal Meteorological Society has revealed the winners of this year’s Standard Chartered Weather Photographer of the Year competition. The total number of submissions received this year was ...

Thunderstorms are known for their thunder and lightning, and can also be associated with winds and damaging hail. However, there is an additional feature that occasionally appears at the top of ...

When lightning strikes, it usually either crackles through cumulonimbus clouds or forks into the ground. But when atmospheric conditions are perfect, some lightning bolt can even flicker above the ...

Laura Chapot and her mare Sprite didn’t seem to mind the change of surface at the Winter Equestrian Festival’s $5,000 Acorn Hill Farm Speed Challenge Friday at the Palm Beach Polo Equestrian Club in ...