When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Colorful sprites, or transient luminous events, flash above clouds in a video taken by NASA ...

NASA astronaut Don Pettit captured breathtaking video of a rare atmospheric phenomenon from his perch high above Earth on the International Space Station. When you purchase through links on our site, ...

I and my family have seen colored lightning, and it was quite spectacular. What is the explanation? What causes it? —James Maso and family, East St. Louis, Ill. Dear James and family, There are at ...

SPOKANE, Wash.-- Nighttime thunderstorms rumbled across the Inland Northwest early this week to the delight of many. Spectacular lightning displays came in all sorts of shapes, and all sorts of colors ...

Two types of lightning, a red sprite and a blue jet, in the skies above Mauna Kea Observatory in Hawaii. International Gemini Observatory/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/A. Smith ...

These are bright, colorful flashes of light faster than lightning and are sometimes referred to as "sprites." Pettit was able to view the sprites from directly above, looking down at what is known as ...