PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Halloween is here and scientists at the Nation Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) are claiming that elves and sprites are real. Halloween’s the time for all things ...

Red spites, a type of transient luminous event or TLE, appear in the upper atmosphere above a thunderstorm in Oklahoma in April 2025. Photograph by Paul Smith Our atmosphere is like one big electrical ...

GREENVILLE, N.C. (WNCT) — Do you believe in sprites or elves? How about ghosts? You may think of the mythical creatures when it comes to these terms, but those are the names of rare types of lightning ...

Elves are bright flashes of light in the night sky resulting from lightning within thunderstorms. The thin upper atmosphere gives off a brief glow as the electromagnetic pulse from a lightning bolt ...

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People in the small town of Possagno in northern Italy were taken aback by the sight of a red halo-like ring hovering above their town on November 17. Interestingly, this is not the first time that ...