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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

Starship's explosion generated a shock wave that briefly disrupted the ionosphere by scattering electrons for 30-40 minutes. Pexels Space exploration often pushes the boundaries of our ...

Image shows multi-channel camera designed and built by UMass Lowell as part of a balloon launch on Saturday, May 3. The camera is studying how Earth’s atmosphere produces natural light emissions ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Scientists threw everything they had at the sky during the solar eclipse that swept across much of the United States on April 8, 2024. They deployed high-altitude aircraft ...

The ionosphere is located at an altitude of 80km (49.7 miles) to about 600km. Commercial aircraft fly at an altitude of about 10km.