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

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

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

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

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

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 rare gigantic jet of lightning was photographed from the ISS, showcasing a massive electrical discharge over New Orleans.

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

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