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

While they are referred to as upper atmospheric lightning, the only thing red sprites have in common with the typical form of ...

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

The 'helicity barrier' has been directly confirmed, offering new insights into the heating and formation of the solar wind.

Scientists have traced the source of enigmatic cosmic signals, known as fast X-ray transients (FXTs), to a violent process occurring during the death of massive stars.

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

The world's most powerful telescopes, including the James Webb Space Telescope and FAST, are revolutionizing our ...

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