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

We've only known that sprites exist for marginally longer, as they were first photographed in 1989. Red sprites are electrical discharges similar to lightning, but they do not come towards the ground; ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Halloween is here and scientists at the Nation Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) are claiming that elves and sprites are real. Halloween’s the time for all things ...

Italian photographer Valter Binotto captured an ultra-rare elve and red sprite, two of Earth's rarest lightning phenomena, simultaneously above the Alps.

Astronaut Nichole Ayersaboard the International Space Station (ISS) recently captured a breathtaking view of a rare ...

Atmospheric phenomena known as "sprites" and "elves" may be spectacularly illuminating the upper cloud layers of Jupiter, according to a newly published study based on data collected by NASA’s Juno ...

A team of Spanish researchers has made a high-speed recording of elves and sprites in storms, fleeting and luminous electric phenomena produced in the upper layers of the atmosphere. A team of Spanish ...

A strange type of lightning called a sprite that occurs above thunderstorms and extends to the edge of space was photographed by an astronaut aboard the space station on April 30th, 2012. Near the ...

Video: Researchers analysed flashes of light in the upper atmosphere, called elves, sprites, halos and jets, to see how often and where they appeared A three-year space survey has produced the first ...

Although the solar system is—quite possibly—devoid of life beyond Earth, seemingly magical things are still happening on all its planets. NASA, for example, has just announced that a team of ...

Near the edge of space, sprites and elves dance, but there's nothing mythical about them. Sprites and elves are reddish, ultrafast bursts of electricity that are born near the edge of space, about 50 ...

Lightning is a familiar sight throughout the solar system. Not only do bolts strike on Earth, but they also sizzle through the air on Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and (most likely) Neptune.