NASA’s Juno spacecraft passed north-to-south (yellow track) over Jupiter’s atmosphere on August 17, 2022, detecting a cluster ...
When Apollo 12, NASA's second lunar landing mission, launched from Kennedy Space Center, the space vehicle was struck by ...
NASA astronaut Nichole Ayers captured this image of lightning while orbiting aboard the International Space Station more than 250 miles above Milan, Italy on July 1, 2025. Subscribe to our newsletter ...
Our solar system is full of phenomena that push humans to keep exploring the universe. Jupiter has humongous storms, some of ...
Lightning on Jupiter may pack more than 100 times the power of Earth's bolts, and may prove one million times stronger, a new ...
Jupiter's lightning has long been of interest to planetary scientists, as it marks stormy spots where researchers can look to ...
Lightning poses a direct threat to human life and can cause serious damage to critical infrastructure – from power grids and telecommunications to aviation operations – while also triggering wildfires ...
This is the most out-of-this-world Vine you'll see all week. Reid Wiseman, an American astronaut on the International Space Station, has been documenting his adventures on Vine. His latest post is ...
In a rare sight, lightning struck the Seattle Space Needle on Monday. The Space Needle Twitter account shared a short video showing the thunderous strike.
On Jupiter, a storm doesn’t just brew, it can simmer for centuries. The planet’s atmosphere is a perpetual engine of turbulence, and somewhere inside those churning cloud bands, lightning is cracking ...