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 ...

Artemis I, the first of NASA's SLS rockets aimed for the moon, was being tested over the weekend. The lightning was successfully diverted and did not affect the rocket, NASA said. Lightning struck the ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA’s new moon rocket remained on track to blast off on a crucial test flight Monday, despite a series of lightning strikes at the launch pad. The 322-foot (98-meter) ...

With 10 propellers and a 10-foot wingspan, NASA's unmanned aerial vehicle can take off like a helicopter, then fly like a plane. Michael Franco Freelancer Michael Franco writes about the serious and ...