NASA astronaut captures rare phenomenon from 250 miles above Earth: See photo of 'sprite' As the space station drifted over Mexico and the US, NASA astronaut Nichole Ayers photographed a rare ...

NASA Astronaut Nichole Ayers is sharing an incredible photo of a "sprite" she took from space while orbiting above the United States and Mexico. The rare atmospheric event is a striking burst of ...

NASA's Deep Impact spacecraft caught a similar photo in 2008, but it was from a distant 31 million miles away. "It is surprising how much brighter Earth is than the moon," DSCOVR project scientist ...