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 ...

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Have you ever heard of—or even seen—red lightning? These are not animated characters but real atmospheric phenomena known as ...

On May 19, 2022, two astrophotographers set up near the sacred lake of Pumoyongcuo on the southern Tibetan Plateau captured a ...

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The photo, titled Cosmic Fireworks, won the Skyscapes category of the 2023 Astronomy Photographer of the Year competition, ...

Connections: Sports Edition is a new version of the popular New York Times word game that seeks to test the knowledge of ...

Nikita Kucherov netted an unassisted first-period breakaway goal, Andrei Vasilevskiy made it stand with 21 saves, and the ...

Nikita Kucherov had a goal and an assist for the Lightning (39-23-5), who won their second in a row and pulled within two ...

Andrei Vasilevskiy recorded his sixth shutout of the season after stopping 21 shots as the Tampa Bay Lightning defeated the ...

Under the nighttime California sky, NASA's EZIE (Electrojet Zeeman Imaging Explorer) mission launched aboard a SpaceX Falcon ...