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 ...

Dust on Mars has a new voice. What once looked like silent red storms now crackles with tiny sparks, as if the planet were whispering with electricity right under your feet. For the first time, ...

The United States has a new lightning champion. Oklahoma has dethroned Florida to become the nation's lightning capital, ...

From the ISS, NASA astronaut Don Pettit captured rare purple lightning and mysterious upper-atmosphere flashes above massive storms, revealing a hidden electrical world few ever witness from Earth.

Cleaner ship fuel has reduced sulfur pollution along major sea lanes, altering cloud formation and leading to fewer lightning ...

Recent lightning strikes in Gauteng have raised concerns about public safety during the summer storm season.