A sudden burst of red light flickered above a thunderstorm, and for a brief moment, Earth’s upper atmosphere revealed one of its most elusive secrets.

St. Elmo's Fire is a term you may have heard before because of a 1985 "Brat Pack" movie. St. Elmo's fire is a somewhat rare ...

A picture snapped from the International Space Station (ISS) by NASA astronaut Nichole Ayers has captured a lesser-seen view ...

The city of Columbia Falls is investing about $4 million into its sewage treatment plant, which will increase its capacity to treat nitrogen in the water. Because the plant discharges directly in the ...

Science An Atmospheric River Brought This Week’s Flooding Rains to the Southeast Climate change makes heavy rain even heavier, beginning with warmer waters in the Gulf of Mexico that produce ...

The possibilities of obtaining large-volume non-self-sustained atmospheric pressure glow discharge with the help of the self-sustained normal dc glow discharge in helium are demonstrated. The latter ...

Three types of atmospheric dielectric-barrier discharges are presented to illustrate their potential for uniform surface treatment with a length scale spanning from 1 mm to 1 m. As these atmospheric ...

Lu and his team now believe thunderstorms in the Himalayas may produce some of Earth’s “most complex and intense upper-atmospheric electrical discharges” that are likely on par to those ...

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.

A very strong electromagnetic field is also created around such a [positive] atmospheric discharge and electromagnetic induction may occur inside the home installation - very strong currents will ...

New research gives insight into a little-known process: lightning generates elements that clean the atmosphere, which has implications for the climate crisis.

The new photo from ESO almost looks like a painting, but shows red sprites, an elusive atmospheric phenomena typically captured from space.