Although the mechanism by which lightning strikes the ground has long been understood, the exact process that triggers its ...

Just days after an 8.8 magnitude earthquake, the 6th largest in recorded history, shook Russia, another powerful natural ...

An applied physicist at the Severe Storms Research Center at the Georgia Tech Research Institute, Peterson recently confirmed the longest horizontal lightning flash ever measured: a staggering 829 ...

Eyewitnesses aboard the flight reported seeing near-continuous flashes of lightning outside their windows for more than 20 ...

A 829-km 'megaflash' lightning strike set a new world record, surpassing previous records and highlighting the dangers of ...

A lightning bolt that shot across the sky from East Texas to near Kansas City, Mo., during a 2017 thunderstorm has officially ...

The 2017 “megaflash” stretched from eastern Texas to near Kansas City — a distance that would take at least eight hours by ...

For centuries, lightning has fascinated scientists and laypeople alike. A groundbreaking study from Los Alamos National Laboratory suggests that cosmic-ray showers, high-energy particles originating ...

Social media users were blown away by the scene in the viral clip, with one saying: "the odds of catching this must be astronomical." ...

Umoh, E. , Balogun, R. and Adeyewa, Z. (2025) Spatio-Temporal Variability of Lightning, Thunderstorm and Rainfall Occurrences over Nigeria during MAM Season. Atmospheric and Climate Sciences, 15, ...

Heat lightning is often the term used on a summer night when lightning is seen, but no thunder is heard. While this is a real ...