Rare blue optical transient points to possible new class of cosmic explosion

Chinese astronomers report the detection of a peculiar optical transient event that occurred in the center of a dwarf galaxy.
Yahoo

Astronaut Captures Rare Jellyfish-Like Phenomenon Above Thunderstorm Clouds: ‘Wow ... I Caught This Sprite’

"As we went over Mexico and the U.S. this morning, I caught this sprite," the former collegiate volleyball player said Ayers is aboard the International Space Station as pilot of SpaceX Dragon's ...
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A NASA astronaut photographs a rare red flash 55 miles above a storm and it lasts only milliseconds

From orbit, astronauts aboard theInternational Space Station have captured striking images of rare luminous flashes appearing high above Earth’s storms. These glowing structures known as red sprites ...
Yahoo

The most otherworldly, mysterious forms of lightning on Earth

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Red spites, a type of transient luminous event or TLE, appear in the upper atmosphere above a thunderstorm in Oklahoma in April ...
New York Post

Astronaut photographs elusive luminous event from far above Earth

An astronaut aboard the International Space Station has shared a striking photo of what is known as a Transient Luminous Event seen above a thunderstorm over Mexico and the Desert Southwest earlier in ...
Phys.org

Astronomers discover a luminous nuclear transient

Using NASA's Swift spacecraft, an international team of astronomers has discovered a luminous and slowly-evolving nuclear transient event. The origin of the newly detected transient, designated Swift ...
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Now that's a sprite for sore eyes! Nasa astronaut captures rare electrical event in stunning image

A Nasa astronaut has captured a stunning image of an electrical event where a brilliant red light flashed through the atmosphere. Nichole 'Vapor' Ayers shared the photo of what is known as a Transient ...
SlashGear

Astronaut Shares Images Of Mysterious Luminous Event From The ISS

Astronaut Thomas Pesquet took a photograph on October 8 from the International Space Station that captured something exceedingly rare. The photo seen below clearly shows a bright blue-white luminous ...
CNET

Astronaut captures rare, ethereal lightning flash from space station

Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets and tech news with a twist for CNET. When not wallowing in weird gear and iPad apps for cats, she can be found tinkering with her 1956 DeSoto.