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 ...

Atmospheric phenomena known as "sprites" and "elves" may be spectacularly illuminating the upper cloud layers of Jupiter, according to a newly published study based on data collected by NASA’s Juno ...

Lightning is a familiar sight throughout the solar system. Not only do bolts strike on Earth, but they also sizzle through the air on Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and (most likely) Neptune.

Although the solar system is—quite possibly—devoid of life beyond Earth, seemingly magical things are still happening on all its planets. NASA, for example, has just announced that a team of ...

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Video: Researchers analysed flashes of light in the upper atmosphere, called elves, sprites, halos and jets, to see how often and where they appeared A three-year space survey has produced the first ...

Near the edge of space, sprites and elves dance, but there's nothing mythical about them. Sprites and elves are reddish, ultrafast bursts of electricity that are born near the edge of space, about 50 ...

A team of Spanish researchers has made a high-speed recording of elves and sprites in storms, fleeting and luminous electric phenomena produced in the upper layers of the atmosphere. A team of Spanish ...

NEW YORK, March 9 (UPI) -- Scientists in Israel and Colorado have developed a new way to detect strange, blood-red lights called "sprites" far up in the atmosphere by listening for the hum of ELF rays ...

Jupiter may be the first planet besides Earth known to host atmospheric light shows called “sprites” or “elves.” Scientists suspected these atmospheric phenomena might appear on other planets that ...

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