With millions of lightning strikes recorded each year in the United States, protection should be a priority. However, is your ...

Scientists have revealed a hidden trigger of lightning that could resolve a centuries-old weather mystery. Earth is struck by some 44 bolts of lightning each second, on average. Despite this, ...

That "something else" appears to originate from space.

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 ...

In addition to the buildup and trajectory of the lightning bolts, the researchers measured ... Cosmic ray showers are cascades of high-energy particles triggered in the atmosphere by cosmic ...

Two astrophotographers captured breathtaking video of over 105 red sprites over Tibet during a massive thunderstorm.

The energy from the lightning ... she would have been on the other side of the wall from where the lightning bolt made contact. “They (his mother and mother-in-law) hear the noise kind of ...

In addition to the buildup and trajectory of the lightning bolts, the researchers measured the polarization, or direction, of the electrical current that made up the lightning and compared these ...