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

In the world of weather phenomena, lightning stands out as one of nature’s most dazzling displays. Recently, Brazil ...

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 ...

New international pollution laws may have helped researchers discover an unexpected way to stop lightning strikes.

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...