These brief bursts blue jets, red sprites, ELVES are collectively termed transient luminous events, or TLEs. They explode tens of kilometers high over thunderstorms, in the rarefied atmosphere of the ...
As the International Space Station whizzed over Mexico and the United States — before floodwaters catastrophically rose in Central Texas — a NASA astronaut watched the storms from miles above. Nichole ...
Hosted on MSN
From ISS to the Edge of Space: How Astronauts Unveil the Hidden Physics of Sprites and Gigantic Jets
“Just Wow.” NASA astronaut Nichole “Vapor” Ayers wrote in simple words to accompany a photo from the International Space Station (ISS) that had caught an ephemeral, cryptic flash over a thunderstorm ...
NASA astronaut Nichole Ayers captured a rare gigantic jet near the U.S.-Mexico border from the International Space Station on July 3, 2025. Credit: NASA / Nichole Ayers As the International Space ...
Some results have been hidden because they may be inaccessible to you
Show inaccessible results