“Microlightning” exchanges among water droplets could have sparked the building blocks of life on ancient Earth, new research finds. Here, a wave breaks on White Sand Beach on the Thai island of Koh ...

when things are struck by lightning they tend to blow up on this electrifying episode of I'm ready to fry some things survival science Laura Shira and Nick Mt explore one of nature's deadliest forces ...

ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (News-Press NOW) -- With all thunderstorms comes lightning. Of the various types of lightning, one that meteorologists monitor closely is cloud-to-ground lightning. Here’s how it works ...

As so often happens in science, when Andrea Stöllner's experiments didn't work as expected, they led her to something even more interesting – a way to study what might be the initial spark of ...

Lightning flashes streak across the sky in the German countryside. One large flash is mostly horizontal, another one is vertical. Sometimes lightning bolts can stretch hundreds of miles horizontally.

Physicists have long known how lightning ends, in a blinding discharge that can heat air hotter than the surface of the Sun, but the precise trigger that starts a bolt inside a cloud has remained ...

A lightning "megaflash" that zipped across five U.S. states has set a new record for the longest ever detected. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. In the 2023 movie Plane starring Gerard Butler, a commercial ...

Lightning has fascinated its observers since the beginning of human history. Those who painted the Lascaux cave walls in France approximately 20,000 years ago are believed to have represented it in ...

Guinness World Records may be the go-to organization for measuring the extent of (sometimes dubious) human achievement, but for natural phenomena, the World Meteorological Organization’s (WMO’s) ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Lightning is one of Earth’s most impressive phenomena. The ...