Nichole Ayers, a NASA astronaut, spotted a rare sprite. The red flash occurred above thunderstorms. It happened over Mexico ...

Just Wow.” NASA astronaut Nichole “Vapor” Ayers wrote in simple words to accompany a photo from the International Space ...

French defense leaders expect the near-space domain to become increasingly contested, similar to low Earth orbit and the ...

Two scientists from the University of Alaska Fairbanks have discovered a new type of electromagnetic wave, called a "whistler," that transports energy from lightning to Earth's magnetosphere. This ...

NASA is embarking on the Sporadic-E ElectroDynamics (SEED) mission, launching rockets from Kwajalein Atoll to investigate unpredictable Sporadic-E lay ...

GPS positions were off by up to 230 feet during the Gannon Solar Storm in May 2024 in a disruption that lasted for up to two days, a new study has revealed.

Was it a cosmic jellyfish, a fleeting light trick, or something more outlandish? When NASA astronaut Nichole Ayers took a ...

For nearly a century, pilots have reported seeing mysterious red flashes above thunderstorms, initially dismissed as myths.

Target localization, especially the estimation of target altitude, is a challenging task in over-the-horizon radar (OTHR) because of the narrow signal bandwidth as well as the complexity and ...

The Electrojet Zeeman Imaging Explorer (EZIE) mission aims to map auroral electrojets, improving scientific models of space ...

Bath University has shared details of its TOPCAT II payload featuring a multi-frequency GPS receiver, for the Orpheus space weather mission. The Orpheus mission has two aims: to measure space weather ...

In the blue skies above western India, flight AI171 was struggling to gain altitude. The London-bound plane had barely left the runway at Ahmedabad airport on Thursday before it was careening back ...