Researchers used data from the GOES East weather satellite, which orbits 22,236 miles above Earth's surface, to detect the enormous lightning strike.

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, ...

A significant breakthrough by Pennsylvania State University researchers, led by Victor Pasko, has provided the first quantitative explanation for precisely how lightning initiates. This groundbreaking ...

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 ...

Penn State University scientists have demonstrated the complex series of events occurring inside thunderclouds that create ...

Though scientists have long understood how lightning strikes, the precise atmospheric events that trigger it within ...

Ed and Melinda Pardy, weather enthusiasts from Alberta, Canada, were attempting to look for funnel clouds after a recent ...

JACKSON, N.J. (AP) — A lightning strike at an archery range in New Jersey killed a man and injured 13 others Wednesday evening, according to police. Around 7:15… ...

Two Georgia teens fishing at night were tragically struck by lightning. Here's what you should know.