DURHAM, N.C. – Magnetic field measurements by a German researcher and analyses by a Duke University engineer explain how dual electrical discharges associated with high-altitude lightning can ...
Red electrical flashes that mysteriously hover above some thunderstorms have long puzzled scientists, but now, new research reveals how these alien-like atmospheric sprites form. Sprites form at ...
Amazing new photos and video of the elusive red lightning called sprites are helping researchers understand how the mysterious electric bursts form. Sprites last less than a second as they dance on ...
High-altitude lightning bursts called “sprites,” which are difficult to see with the human eye, explode in a burst of red above the more easily seen white flashes of a powerful thunderstorm over ...
Image: A sprite “streamer” as it might appear in the atmosphere of Saturn, created in a TAU lab. Only a few decades ago, scientists discovered the existence of “sprites” 30 to 55 miles above the ...
A new study has lifted the lid on the behaviour of unusual electrical discharges known as red sprites. This striking form of lightning appears in the upper atmosphere, sitting above the thunderstorms ...
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An astronaut captured an elusive glimpse of red lightning from space. NASA astronaut Matthew Dominick imaged the rare red sprite phenomenon from the International Space Station earlier in the year, ...
TULSA, Okla — Local sprites photographer, Paul Smith, captured these above Tulsa Friday night when severe storms rolled through the area. Unlike lightning, sprites occur above thunderstorms. They ...
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