A few weeks ago, a particularly strong lightning bolt was released over the Adriatic Sea, between the Italian and Balkan Peninsula. The electric field spread across the atmosphere, traveling hundreds ...

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Have you ever heard of—or even seen—red lightning? These are not animated characters but real atmospheric phenomena known as electrical discharges that occur high above thunderstorms. Scientists refer ...

Tornadoes are among the most powerful atmospheric phenomena on Earth, capable of transforming calm skies into destructive ...

In a rare satellite capture, the U.S. Geological Survey's Landsat 8 satellite, which was co-developed with NASA, has documented an extraordinary atmospheric phenomenon above Antarctica's Pine Island ...

Cloud enthusiasts have a new tool to investigate striking formations in the skies above the Red Planet. A browsable database of 20-years-worth of images of clouds and storms, created by the German ...

Atmospheric rivers get talked about a lot during winter in California, and for good reason. The invisible rivers in the sky play a significant role in how much rain the state receives and can ...

The West Coast's rainy season has arrived in force, as an atmospheric river carrying moisture from the tropics joins a bomb cyclone off the Pacific Northwest coast. Heavy, wet snow began falling in ...

Following the 3,000th orbit of NASA's AWE (Atmospheric Waves Experiment) aboard the International Space Station, researchers publicly released the mission's first trove of scientific data, crucial to ...

Witness a rare and captivating atmospheric phenomenon! Iridescent colors shimmer across a dark contrail, creating a breathtaking display. Captured from my back garden, this unusual optical effect is ...