In 2024, NASA astronaut Matthew Dominick caught a glimpse at one of the most elusive atmospheric phenomena known as red sprites. These occur during particularly powerful thunderstorms and travel ...

That said, these bright flashes are not always an immediate ... shapes, quick pops, spots or white fuzz without a light ...

This isn't the first time a spacecraft has spotted these flashes of light. Famed astronomer and science communicator Carl Sagan actually saw bright flashes like those seen by DSCOVR in photos ...

The constant, rapid-fire display includes seconds-long short flashes and longer, blindingly bright flares of light on a daily ...

There are plenty of planets to spot during April, too. Mars, for example, will be high overhead in the south each evening. You can identify it by its salmon-pink color, and when you do, ponder for a ...

Bright flashes of light filled the night sky of Karachi in the early hours of Monday as people spotted and shared visuals of meteors in the sky. Local social media was flooded with images and ...

which cools through the emission of light at both infrared and visible wavelengths. When Spitzer first spotted HH 49.50, astronomers noticed a small, bright spot of contention at the Cosmic ...