When a thunderstorm recently lit up the night sky, cameras captured towering red shapes that looked uncannily like glowing jellyfish hanging above the clouds. The images raced across social media, and ...

An alien comet, a Martian volcano, a man’s fall from the sun and a groundbreaking telescope’s first images: Here are the most ...

Mysterious red lights falling from space, initially thought to be alien signals, have been identified by scientists as red sprites. These rare upper-atmosphere lightning phenomena occur high above ...

A photographer in Italy captured an ultra-rare elve and red sprite flashing above the Alps in a single breathtaking moment. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

The sun’s outer atmosphere resembles a pufferfish.

The invention of sprites triggered a major shift in video game design, enabling games with independent moving objects and ...

NASA's SPHEREx Observatory has mapped the entire sky in 102 infrared colors, as seen here in this image released on Dec. 18, ...

The new MiCO map helps scientists, conservationists, and policymakers quickly see global migration patterns for 109 species.

Scientists have produced the most detailed 3D map of almost all buildings in the world. The map, called GlobalBuildingAtlas, combines satellite imagery and machine learning to generate 3D models for ...

On a remote island in the Pacific, Will Smith descends into the heart of an active volcano to investigate sounds beyond human hearing. Will discovers that everything on our planet creates its own ...

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