We still don't fully understand what triggers lightning. A new study suggests that showers of cosmic rays may be the missing ...

National Weather Service data show lightning strikes all over the region, from off the coast to deep into eastern Washington.

As it turns out, the lightning really is responding to the ships, or rather the tiny particles they emit. Using data from a global lightning detection network, my colleagues and I have been studying ...

A home in Everett was reportedly struck by lightning just before 8:30 p.m., according to the Everett Fire Department.

It is well-established that lightning occurs after clouds build ... These are cascades of subatomic particles and ionized nuclei produced in the Earth's atmosphere by high-energy particles ...

In general, lightning starts after opposing electrical ... which are high-energy particles from space that enter the Earth's atmosphere. These cosmic rays produce secondary, high-energy electrons ...

As it turns out, the lightning really is responding to the ships, or rather the tiny particles they emit. Using data from a global lightning detection network, my colleagues and I have been ...

When researchers at the Los Alamos National Laboratory visualized data from the first few nanoseconds of a lightning, they ...

The water particles will become particles of ice ... large regions of electric charges build up to create a bolt of lightning, which creates the sound we know as thunder.

As it turns out, the lightning really is responding to the ships, or rather the tiny particles they emit. Using data from a global lightning detection network, my colleagues and I have been ...