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 ...

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

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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In October 2023, 10 students from Morrison High School teamed up with University of Michigan researchers to install a rooftop ...

Scientists are working to understand the curious phenomena of red sprites, green ghosts and blue jets high above ...

The first mice to be created from two fathers, a phenomenon known as androgenesis, have now produced healthy offspring for ...

Humans from different cultures speak to their children using a form of speech known as “child-directed speech”, or “baby talk”. Though to us, it may seem natural to communicate directly with our ...

Paleontologists studying insects trapped in amber from 99 million years ago have made a remarkable discovery: an ant and a ...