NASA astronaut Nichole Ayers captured a rare and stunning image of a ‘sprite’ — a Transient Luminous Event (TLE)—from space.

HOUSTON — The ISS astronauts had a front-row seat to a unique weather phenomenon Thursday morning. Astronaut Nichole "Vapor" ...

An astronaut aboard the International Space Station has shared a striking photo of what is known as a Transient Luminous ...

Both events represent classic novas, which are space explosions that are shorter-lived than supernovas, with such phenomena ...

From Mercury’s peak visibility to the Southern delta Aquariids meteor shower, July’s skywatching lineup promises an array of ...

Predicted by Einstein and dismissed as undetectable, gravitational waves were finally heard in 2016. Now, with observatories ...

WINK News Weather Watchers and viewers sent in images of a waterspout off of the coast of Fort Myers Beach and Sanibel. Chief ...

Have fun with science" is the name of the special section for 8-12 year-olds launched in Migros Magazine in partnership with ...

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has been unwaveringly focused on our universe. With its unprecedented power to detect and ...

Stars often whip their planets with solar winds and radiation, pull them ever closer with gravity and sear them with heat.

You may think you know static electricity, but its true nature has long eluded scientists. We’ve now made a huge leap towards ...

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