An astronaut captured an elusive glimpse of red lightning from space. NASA astronaut Matthew Dominick imaged the rare red sprite phenomenon from the International Space Station earlier in the year, ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Sprites and jets are fleeting atmospheric phenomena, hard enough to witness, let alone photograph ...

A flash of red light danced above Earth’s clouds, catching the eye of a passing astronaut. From her window aboard the International Space Station, Nichole “Vapour” Ayers snapped an image that is now ...

Sprites are spectacular optical emissions in the mesosphere induced by transient lightning electric fields above thunderstorms. Although the streamer nature of sprites has been generally accepted, how ...