Astronauts aboard the International Space Station have captured astonishing images of strange lightning storms happening far ...
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 ...
Scientists have shown that lightning-like bursts can be recreated in small blocks of solid materials in the lab.
The scientific community long assumed that to understand how lightning works, one needed a ...
Picture this: You’re stuck in traffic on a summer afternoon, checking the weather app on your phone as dark storm clouds roll in. You might think about power outages or possible flooding, but you ...
Lightning researchers expect lightning could become more frequent as temperatures rise. Photo by Rick Lipscomb, courtesy NOAA. The age-old maxim says lightning never strikes the same place twice.
What confused researchers was that TGFs often appeared without bright lightning flashes or strong radio signals. Some storms seemed quiet, yet they produced powerful gamma rays. The new research ...