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

Red sprites are among a class of enigmatic weather phenomena that appear over thunderstorms, known as Transient Luminous ...

Scientists are working to understand the curious phenomena of red sprites, green ghosts and blue jets high above ...

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

NASA astronaut Nichole Ayers captured an electrifying image of a giant lightning "sprite" shooting up over Mexico and ...

Red lightning, also known as a "sprite", is an intriguing weather phenomenon associated with certain very intense thunderstorms. While an ordinary lightning flash extends downward from the clouds ...

Red sprites may occur wherever thunderstorms do, but are typically obscured by clouds and/or daylight. Occurring above the cloud-tops, blue jets and red sprites are only visible if the skies are ...

“They appear moments after a lightning strike—a sudden reddish flash that can take a range of shapes, often combining diffuse ...

Astronaut Nichole Ayers recently witnessed a phenomenon known as a sprite from the International Space Station.

An astronaut has captured an incredible burst of electricity above Earth. NASA's Nichole Ayers managed to snap a phenomenon ...

Sprites, named after the elusive fairylike creatures, are predominantly red flashes that occur above thunderstorm clouds. They can briefly change the electrically charged layers of our upper ...

A storm was unfolding miles away which allowed the lightning, known as sprites, to be caught on camera. Red streaks spread across the night sky, almost like a cloud of distorted fireworks.