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

A new study suggests that microscopic lightning bolts—called microlightning—within water droplets may have helped forge the ...

New research suggests “microlightning” exchanges among water droplets in Earth’s early atmosphere may have sparked the ...

"The shower's high-energy positrons and electrons are deflected ... positive discharge—and therefore can clarify how most lightning bolts begin. Further experiment and model-based studies ...

Dr. Frankenstein might not have needed a lightning bolt to bring his monster to life after all. A new study from Stanford ...

To study otherwise unpredictable thunder and lightning, SwRI scientists launch ... The copper wire creates a conductive path for the bolt so the team can focus their instruments and conduct ...

The most powerful recorded example of this phenomenon, which occurred during a thunderstorm over Oklahoma in May 2018, contained roughly 60 times more energy than a standard lightning bolt and ...

As massive bolts of lightning and energy crackled, Frankenstein’s monster stirred on a laboratory table, its corpse brought to life by the power of electricity. Electrical energy may also have ...