Blue jets and blue starters form from multiple streamers of electrical energy rather than as a single glowing column, according to Penn State researchers who modeled the formation of these atmospheric ...
An astronaut aboard the International Space Station (ISS) has snapped a picture of a rare and spectacular atmospheric phenomenon. NASA astronaut Matthew Dominick captured a form of lightning known as ...
“Just Wow.” NASA astronaut Nichole “Vapor” Ayers wrote in simple words to accompany a photo from the International Space Station (ISS) that had caught an ephemeral, cryptic flash over a thunderstorm ...
Transient Luminous Events (TLEs) represent a captivating class of high‐altitude optical phenomena that occur in tandem with thunderstorm activity. These brief and often spectacular discharges, ...
A NASA astronaut has captured an electrifying image of Earth from space, featuring a gigantic, jellyfish-shaped "sprite" of red lightning shooting upwards above a thunderstorm in North America. The ...
Scientists are working to understand the curious phenomena of red sprites, green ghosts and blue jets high above thunderstorms. Red spites, a type of transient luminous event or TLE, appear in the ...