A new crowdsourcing science project called "Spritacular" is asking skywatchers to use their digital cameras to try to capture images of unusual electrical discharges above thunderstorms. These ...

When thunderstorms emit lightning, we see the white, snaking electricity from the ground. But if you flew above the clouds, you would see a sky phenomenon known as sprites. These are rarely seen bolts ...

Thunderstorms can produce impressive displays of lightning, but one of the most spectacular and mysterious is the red sprite. Every day, the Earth and its atmosphere exchange trillions of volts of ...

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While leading a storm tour photography group in June, photographer Greg McCown captured a rare phenomenon in the sky when red sprites appeared above Windy Point on top of Mount Lemmon. While these ...

NASA is crowdsourcing photos from civilians to study a mysterious aerial phenomenon that stumped scientists have dubbed “sprites.” The agency announced the convening of its latest “citizen science ...

When a thunderstorm recently lit up the night sky, cameras captured towering red shapes that looked uncannily like glowing jellyfish hanging above the clouds. The images raced across social media, and ...

The UK's Royal Meteorological Society has revealed the winners of this year’s Standard Chartered Weather Photographer of the Year competition. The total number of submissions received this year was ...

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It might sound like NASA is investigating another UFO sighting with its latest call for citizen scientists’ help, but the mysterious bright flashes known as “sprites” are a weather-related phenomenon.