"The tops of this [upward directed lightning] are around 75-80km [47-50 miles], boarding on the fringes of space." ...

Astronauts aboard the ISS have captured an electrifying spectacle in Earth's upper atmosphere. A mysterious blue jet sprite and a gigantic lightning jet shot skyward, defying expectations. Scientists ...

A newly unveiled astronaut photo shows a "gigantic jet" shooting upward from a thunderstorm above Louisiana in November 2024.

The astronauts answered questions from fans and ... of pictures -- particularly thunderstorms -- to get pictures of red sprites, which are luminous flashes that appear above active thunderstorms.

However, photographer Frankie Lucena, who specializes in capturing giant lightning sprites, stumbled across photos of the event on the Gateway to Astronaut photography of Earth website and shared ...

A newly unveiled photo captured by an astronaut on the International Space ... These additional discharges are very similar to "sprites," which often look like giant electric jellyfish.

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After spending nine months in space, NASA astronauts Sunita Williams and Barry Wilmore will face significant physical ...

The announcement of a joint space mission from Pakistan comes at a time when a couple of Indian astronauts are training in ...