U.S. astronaut Nichole "Vapor" Ayers captured a spectacular view of a phenomenon known as a "sprite" blazing to life above an ...

Sprites “are transient luminous events” that “are triggered by intense electrical activity in the thunderstorms,” astronaut ...

Tropical Storm Chantal has officially formed in the Atlantic Ocean this Saturday morning, becoming the third named storm of ...

NASA astronaut Nichole Ayers has shared an incredible image of a sprite, a rare weather phenomenon that's triggered high ...

An astronaut aboard the International Space Station has shared a striking photo of what is known as a Transient Luminous ...

Astronaut Nichole Ayers recently witnessed a phenomenon known as a sprite from the International Space Station.

Have you ever looked up at the sky and been struck speechless by a cloud so strange it seemed like a message from another ...

Saharan dust is expected to hit the Texas Gulf Coast by Sunday, becoming the most irritating to sensitive eyes and noses by ...

Shelf cloud: A low, horizontal, sometimes wedge-shaped cloud associated with the leading edge of a thunderstorm. Although these clouds appear ominous, shelf clouds normally do not produce tornadoes.

Though the formation itself does not produce rainfall, asperitas have been linked to thunderstorms. The likely unstable atmospheric conditions required to form the wave cloud base could also allow ...

Thunderstorms, known as cumulonimbus clouds (which means “heaping rain cloud” in Latin), are towering cloud formations that develop when the atmosphere has sufficient instability, moisture and ...

(Supplied: Bernie Lomax) He said other types of clouds, like lenticular clouds, could also present in a unique shape — but this particular formation was generally associated with a thunderstorm.