Red sprites hover between 40 and 55 miles high. Up there, the air is thin, so electric fields can spark gigantic filaments ...

A tourist hit by lightning on a Florida beach has died after days spent in critical condition at a hospital, according to first responders. The identity of the man and details of his injuries were not ...

A rare and extraordinary atmospheric phenomenon has been documented above the Himalayas, where over 100 red sprite lightning ...

NASA astronauts Nichole Ayers and Anne McClain were the latest to share images of lightning as seen from 250 miles above Earth.

Delhi is poised to welcome the monsoon earlier than usual this year, with rain-bearing clouds expected to sweep into the city ...

Check out this jaw-dropping moment a fierce storm was captured from high above the clouds— all from a plane window. Former Biden press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre says she's no longer a ...

Wind gusts up to 40-50 mph, frequent cloud-to-ground lightning and heavy rainfall. There is a 10-20% chance of rainfall amounts greater than 1′ from Titusville to Poinciana and the north ...

between 40km and 80km above the ground. Lightning flashes usually go downwards from the clouds to the ground, according to the BBC. But like a shot from a flare gun, a sprite goes in the other ...

Each image is captured at speeds of 120 frames per second; the brilliant violet glow that seems to light up the clouds from within appears for just a fraction of that time. Observations of lightning ...

Scientists are using instruments on the International Space Station to shed light on the mysterious appearances of transient ...