Incredible images by an amateur astrophotographer show bizarre red rings, known as ELVES, 143-miles wide, floating in the sky.

Astronaut Thomas Pesquet took a photograph on October 8 from the International Space Station that captured something exceedingly rare. The photo seen below clearly shows a bright blue-white luminous ...

An astronaut aboard the International Space Station has shared a striking photo of what is known as a Transient Luminous Event seen above a thunderstorm over Mexico and the Desert Southwest earlier in ...

Astronaut Nichole Ayersaboard the International Space Station (ISS) recently captured a breathtaking view of a rare ...

Red spites, a type of transient luminous event or TLE, appear in the upper atmosphere above a thunderstorm in Oklahoma in April 2025. Photograph by Paul Smith Our atmosphere is like one big electrical ...

Incredible images show a bizarre UFO-like 230 km-wide ring floating in the sky. Amateur astrophotographer Valter Binotto managed to capture the otherworldly sight over his hometown of Possagno in ...

Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets and tech news with a twist for CNET. When not wallowing in weird gear and iPad apps for cats, she can be found tinkering with her 1956 DeSoto.

Four years ago, a green “ghost” appeared over a thunderstorm cloud in the Mediterranean Sea. To the delight of Spanish scientists, this ephemeral sighting finally offered a rare window into a ...