From the ISS, scientists are capturing rare lightning above storms that could impact radio, climate, and safety.

High above the clouds during thunderstorms, some 50 miles above Earth a different kind of lightning dances. Bursts of red and blue light, known as "sprites," flash for a scant one thousandth of a ...

Photographers in Tibet captured 105 red sprites above a single thunderstorm in South Asia—the highest number ever recorded in the region. Using star and satellite positions, scientists determined ...