A meticulous weather photographer captured red “space lightning” that’s invisible to the naked eye as it occurred at least 30 miles above a French mountain village recently. Florian Riou said he ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. A rarely seen aerial phenomenon involving bright red streaks floating ...

This new image taken of the skies above Chile’s Atacama Desert near the European Southern Observatory’s (ESO) La Silla Observatory shows bright red streaks in the sky known as red sprites. Red sprites ...

A rare atmospheric phenomenon has been captured in the skies over southern France, where two red sprites appeared high above a powerful thunderstorm. The brief flashes of red light, which occur far ...

Red sprites are formed due to large-scale electrical discharges generated high above thunderstorm clouds They are usually triggered by the discharges of positive lightning between an underlying ...

Have you ever heard of—or even seen—red lightning? These are not animated characters but real atmospheric phenomena known as electrical discharges that occur high above thunderstorms. Scientists refer ...

This photograph shows a red sprite appearing over a lightning strike at night, from space. This picture was taken in early 2015 from astronauts aboard the International Space Station during Expedition ...

Have you ever heard of—or even seen—red lightning? These are not animated characters but real atmospheric phenomena known as electrical discharges that occur high above thunderstorms. Scientists refer ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. An astronaut aboard the International Space Station (ISS) has snapped a ...

Have you ever seen a giant red jellyfish light up the night sky for a split second? If you have, you’re not imagining things. You’ve just witnessed a lightning-like electrical discharge high in the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Nichole 'Vapor' Ayers took the photo as the ISS passed over the US and Mexico on July 3, 2025. "They appear moments after a ...

Speeding around the Earth at 28,000 km/h, NASA astronaut Nichole Ayers captured an incredible view of a phenomenon known as a red sprite. Here's the science behind this 'transient luminous event'.