Space is a vast, unknown frontier, and the astronauts who venture into its depths often encounter things that defy ...

U.S. astronaut Nichole "Vapor" Ayers captured a spectacular view of a phenomenon known as a "sprite" blazing to life above an ...

NASA astronaut Nichole Ayers photographed a rare atmospheric phenomenon over the US and Mexico known as a "sprite" that's ...

A picture snapped from the International Space Station (ISS) by NASA astronaut Nichole Ayers has captured a lesser-seen view ...

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

Research on the ISS helped scientists tackle problems we can’t solve on Earth, from human biology to fire behavior and ...

Natural phenomena never cease to amaze people as they unfold. The advance in the study of this type of situation makes the ...

Two international teams zoned in on a potential answer to a decades-long mystery surrounding ephemeral cosmic X-rays.

Mind-blowing space phenomena you didn’t know about. On Mercury, a day is twice as long as a year. Photo Credit: NASA. All the other planets could fit between Earth and the Moon.

A Met Office video explains seven rare cloud types - including noctilucent clouds as they’re sighted in the UK.

Recreating artificial solar eclipses in space could help astronomers decipher the inner workings of our sun much quicker than ...