We've only known that sprites exist for marginally longer, as they were first photographed in 1989. Red sprites are ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Colorful sprites, or transient luminous events, flash above clouds in a video taken by NASA ...

A rare and extraordinary atmospheric phenomenon has been documented above the Himalayas, where over 100 red sprite lightning strikes were captured in breathtaking photos and videos. This remarkable ...

Ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle once picked up his writing implement and noted the presence of “two mock suns.” In the ...

Pilots over the Himalayas sometimes witness three suns due to sundogs, an optical phenomenon caused by sunlight refracting ...

Yesterday lunchtime, at around 12:30 pm Madrid time (11:30 am in Lisbon/GMT), the entire Iberian Peninsula suddenly lost electricity as a monster power outage took down the grid that feeds both Spain ...

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 ...

California is in the midst of a strong atmospheric river that's caused flooding, evacuations, road closures, and mention of it is all over the news and social media. And this comes on the heel of two ...

TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - The constant changes in weather and increasing heat could be affecting television signals. An unpredictable phenomenon called tropospheric ducting could cause the signal issues ...

STORY: Spain and Portugal were hit by a widespread power outage on Monday (April 28, 2025) that paralyzed public transport, caused large traffic jams and delayed trains and flights. Utility operators ...

Solar eclipses offer unique natural experiments for investigating transient atmospheric phenomena caused by the temporary obscuration of the Sun. These events induce rapid changes in radiative forcing ...

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 ...