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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It's safe to say that most of us have seen lightning here on Earth plenty of times – some of us have even been struck by it. But ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Amanda Kooser covers the quirky side of science and space. NASA's Nichole Ayers turned a camera toward Earth and caught this view ...

An astronaut has captured jaw-dropping lightning from space. NASA's Nichole Ayers has wowed space fans with her snaps of the atmospheric activity on Friday, May 2. Ayers first spotted storms on Earth ...

NASA astronaut Anne McClain has delivered an extraordinary visual reminder of nature’s raw power from an uncommon vantage point — 260 miles above Earth, aboard the International Space Station (ISS).

NASA astronaut Don Pettit is known for snapping stunning space imagery from the International Space Station (ISS), and his latest capture doesn't disappoint. In an X (formerly Twitter) post, Pettit ...

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Check out this sky show from outer space! Those bright flashes you see are lightning bolts, one after the other. NASA astronaut Reid Wiseman shot this video from the International Space Station and ...

NASA astronaut Nichole Ayers captured an electrifying image of a giant lightning "sprite" shooting up over Mexico and southern U.S. states. The red "jellyfish" could help researchers learn more about ...

Lightning researchers expect lightning could become more frequent as temperatures rise. Photo by Rick Lipscomb, courtesy NOAA. The age-old maxim says lightning never strikes the same place twice.

It's safe to say that most of us have seen lightning here on Earth plenty of times – some of us have even been struck by it. But the natural phenomenon is one all but a few select individuals will ...

It's safe to say that most of us have seen lightning here on Earth plenty of times – some of us have even been struck by it. But the natural phenomenon is one all but a few select individuals will ...