Scientists have shown that lightning-like bursts can be recreated in small blocks of solid materials in the lab.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A Penn State-led study reveals the hidden chain reaction that starts lightning, linking electrons, X-rays, and gamma rays. (CREDIT ...

The scientific community long assumed that to understand how lightning works, one needed a ...

The dance of electrical charges high above us is more complex than most people realize. While we typically think of lightning as bright bolts striking the ground, the vast majority of lightning ...

From orbit, astronauts aboard theInternational Space Station have captured striking images of rare luminous flashes appearing high above Earth’s storms. These glowing structures known as red sprites ...

Why Lightning Happens — And Why It’s So Dangerous. Meteorologist Matt Bullock explains.

Lightning formation and the conditions triggering it have long been shrouded in a cloud of mystery, but new research led by Penn State scientists is lifting the fog. Using mathematical calculations, ...

Lightning, a sudden, intense discharge of electricity that occurs during a thunderstorm. Though lightning only lasts ...

It's one of nature's most striking regular phenomena, but you may not know that lightning can appear in many different forms. Intracloud lightning is contained within one cloud jumping between ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A cloud resembling a tornado was spotted north of Las Vegas on Friday night, September 5, as a lightning storm rolled through the ...

CINCINNATI, Ohio (WCMH) — A recent storm produced a fascinating scene that a Cincinnati-area man happened to catch while recording the Ohio sky. The man, Kevin Dinan, posted the 6-second clip on ...

Inside a charged storm cloud, they become something else entirely. As the electric field pushes electrons faster and faster, they slam into air molecules such as nitrogen and oxygen. These collisions ...