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

From nature to architecture, Italian photographer Valter Binotto specializes in many forms of photography, but some of his ...

A few weeks ago, a particularly strong lightning bolt was released over the Adriatic Sea, between the Italian and Balkan ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Halloween is here and scientists at the Nation Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) are claiming that elves and sprites are real. Halloween’s the time for all things ...

A small Italian town saw a faint red ring in the sky for the second time in three years. Scientists say it was an ELVE, a rare flash caused by powerful lightning hitting the ionosphere.

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 ...

GREENVILLE, N.C. (WNCT) — Do you believe in sprites or elves? How about ghosts? You may think of the mythical creatures when it comes to these terms, but those are the names of rare types of lightning ...

Lightning is a familiar sight throughout the solar system. Not only do bolts strike on Earth, but they also sizzle through the air on Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and (most likely) Neptune.

Mysterious "sprites" and "elves" dance high in the Earth's atmosphere — but these aren't mythical creatures, they're disks, globes and tendrils of light caused by lightning. Now scientists for the ...