From the ISS, NASA astronaut Don Pettit captured rare purple lightning and mysterious upper-atmosphere flashes above massive ...

Astronaut Nichole Ayers took the photograph while orbiting about 250 miles above Earth. NASA astronaut Nichole Ayers proved ...

NASA astronaut Nichole Ayers captured this image of lightning while orbiting aboard the International Space Station more than ...

In May 2025, astronauts Nichole Ayers and Anne McClain posted photos on X of lightning roiling far, far beneath them. The photos were captured at speeds of 120 frames per second, with the depicted ...

For more than a decade, two NASA science instruments have orbited the planet, observing the flash and fury of Earth’s electrical storms. Now, the lightning information gleaned by these instruments may ...

NASA astronaut Don Pettit captured a unique spectacle of rare purple lightning and other atmospheric phenomena from the International Space Station.

Mother Nature can be a real bitch sometimes, and NASA experienced its sheer power last night when four lightning bolts hit the towers surrounding the Moon-bound Space Launch System (SLS) megarocket, ...

NASA released a video that shows over 10 years of lightning bolts striking the protection system at Launch Pad 39B at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The U.S. space agency said they decided to ...