From his home in Possagno, nestled in the foothills of the Italian Alps, photographer Valter Binotto captured an image ...

As Tropical Storm Nicole moved toward Florida this week, some of its clouds went as far south as Puerto Rico. There, a photographer captured an elusive and strange phenomenon known as “sprite ...

TULSA, Okla. — Sprites are a rare occurrence but have been observed high above Oklahoma. With severe spring season starting soon, the amount of lightning will increase, and sprites are directly tied ...

NASA confirms the viral red “jellyfish lights” are natural red sprites. They are rare upper-atmosphere lightning flashes that ...

Sprites are reddish, ultrafast bursts of electricity that are born near the edge of space, about 50 miles (80 kilometers) up in the atmosphere. For a long time, pilots claimed to see them, but few ...

An astronaut captured an elusive glimpse of red lightning from space. NASA astronaut Matthew Dominick imaged the rare red sprite phenomenon from the International Space Station earlier in the year, ...

Amazing new photos and video of the elusive red lightning called sprites are helping researchers understand how the mysterious electric bursts form. Sprites last less than a second as they dance on ...

Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets and tech news with a twist for CNET. When not wallowing in weird gear and iPad apps for cats, she can be found tinkering with her 1956 DeSoto. For a ...

Also known as red lightning, the Transient Luminous Event (TLE) is associated with extremely intense thunderstorms, Space.com ...