In early July 2025, an extraordinary event in Earth’s upper atmosphere was photographed by astronauts aboard the ...

The mysterious atmospheric "ghosts"—which glow green—are "exceptionally rare," occurring alongside special types of lightning known as sprites.

U.S. astronaut Nichole "Vapor" Ayers captured a spectacular view of a phenomenon known as a "sprite" blazing to life above an ...

Thomas Pesquet, an astronaut on the ISS, photographed a flash of red light in the upper atmosphere. The phenomenon, called a sprite, can be seen above a thunderstorm. The picture is a "very rare ...

A storm photographer recently captures images of beautiful and rare red sprites in the night sky after a storm formed over Mexico.

Hundreds of eyewitnesses from the upper Midwest to the Southeast, including Alabama, reported a bright flash illuminating the night sky around 8:45 p.m. on Thursday. Some even heard a loud noise ...

NASA's GOLD mission found unexpected X- and C-shaped structures in the plasma of Earth's ionosphere. Researchers have likened our upper atmosphere to "alphabet soup." When you purchase through ...

Recent testing at the Museum of Natural History in Berlin showed that the meteorites are an extremely rare type of space rock called aubrites.

Earth's atmosphere protects the planet in more ways than one. This thin band of air is unique to Earth, and we wouldn't exist without it.

"Spectacular" rainbow-colored clouds have been shimmering in the skies over and around the Arctic for more than three days thanks to an unusual cold snap in the upper atmosphere.

However, learning more about them can provide valuable information about things going on in the upper-atmosphere.