For as long as people have watched storms roll across the sky, lightning has inspired awe and fear. You can see the flash and ...

Lightning has captured people's fascination for millennia. It's embedded in mythology, religion and popular culture. Think of ...

Peer reviewed experiments suggest lightning can give birth to glowing plasmoids that look uncannily like UFOs, sparking fresh ...

Around 2,500 people die in lightning strikes around India each year. — © AFP Around 2,500 people die in lightning strikes around India each year. — © AFP By ...

The crater of Mount Ruang flamed with lava against a backdrop of lightning bolts overnight after erupting five times - Copyright AFP/File Kena Betancur The crater of ...

"Thunder is impressive," Mark Twain wrote, "but it is lightning that does the work." Anyone who's watched a lightning storm will understand what he meant: Lightning is one of nature's most ...

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 ...

Across the country, pools close when lightning is in the area. For outdoor pools, the rationale is clear: About 10 to 15 people are killed by lightning in the United States each year, and the vast ...

Cuts in sulfur emissions from oceangoing vessels have been tied to a reduction in lightning stroke density along heavily ...

Cape Canaveral, Fla. — Scientists have detected what they believe to be lightning on Mars by eavesdropping on the whirling wind recorded by NASA's Perseverance rover. The crackling of electrical ...

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