Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. NASA astronaut Nichole Ayers captured a rare gigantic jet near the U.S.-Mexico border from the International Space Station on July ...

An astronaut on the International Space Station has captured a rare kind of lightning called a sprite while traveling 250 miles above the Texas–Mexico border. Referred to as “space lightning” and ...

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 ...