A strange “red lightning ” phenomenon photographed from near a lake site in the southern Tibetan plateau in 2022 was driven by thunderstorms over the Himalayan region, scientists discover in a new ...

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They look like glowing red jellyfish in the sky. Now, imagine seeing these rare lights over the tallest mountains on ...

Lightning is just one of the many spectacular luminous events that occur in Earth's atmosphere. A particularly sought-after ...

Have you ever heard of—or even seen—red lightning? These are not animated characters but real atmospheric phenomena known as ...

The photo, titled Cosmic Fireworks, won the Skyscapes category of the 2023 Astronomy Photographer of the Year competition, ...

At the top of the world, there is a sea—the remains of one, at least. The summit rocks of Mount Everest, the highest ...

This article uncovers the highest mountains in Asia and their breathtaking altitudes, with the Himalayas' peaks dominating ...

The Hindu Kush Himalayas holds the world’s largest ice reserves outside the polar regions and extends 3,500 kilometers over Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, the People’s Republic of China, India, ...

Our writer takes us on a journey of a lifetime across the so-named “5-Stans,” with all the wonder and mystery these nations ...

All of these mountians reside in the Himalayan and Karakorum mountain ranges in Asia and reach into the rarefied and dangerous strata known as the ‘Death Zone’. Legendary Italian climber ...

The world is at the cusp of a historic transformation. For over two centuries, Western economies—led by the United States and ...