Halos are optical phenomena that appear as rings of light around the sun or moon. They are caused by the refraction and ...

They occur when sunlight is refracted, reflected, and dispersed by water droplets in the atmosphere ... optical phenomenon that occurs just as the sun sets or rises. For a brief moment, the upper ...

Sporadic E layers lit up during a solar storm, moving from poles to equator—surprising researchers and revealing potential ...

Shared by the space agency on Jan. 21, the image depicts an optical phenomenon known as ... of forces drive space weather in the upper atmosphere. The AWE experiment launched on Nov. 9, 2023.

From UFO-like rings and whirlpools of light to rainbow clouds and laser lines, here are 10 strange visual phenomena that ... the ionized part of the upper atmosphere that stretches between 50 ...

At least three separate optical phenomena are visible in the new images. Each of which is created by light refracting through millions of perfectly aligned ice crystals in the upper atmosphere.

According to Gizmodo,a photograph taken by NASA astronaut Matthew Dominick in the ISS captured an unusual phenomenon of lights in Earth's upper atmosphere. Per the outlet, the optical phenomenon ...

Languages: English, Spanish Researchers have uncovered new details about a rarely seen phenomenon involving green "ghosts" in the Earth's upper atmosphere, according to a study. The findings ...

all of which are other short-lived optical phenomena occurring above thunderstorms in the upper atmosphere. Do you have a tip on a science story that Newsweek should be covering? Do you have a ...

Red lightning isn’t the only upper-atmosphere phenomenon that can be triggered ... other examples include blue jets, which are optical ejections from the core region of a thunderstorm, and ...