Lightning has captured people's fascination for millennia. It's embedded in mythology, religion and popular culture. Think of ...

For as long as people have watched storms roll across the sky, lightning has inspired awe and fear. You can see the flash and ...

The crater of Mount Ruang flamed with lava against a backdrop of lightning bolts overnight after erupting five times - Copyright AFP/File Kena Betancur The crater of ...

Cuts in sulfur emissions from oceangoing vessels have been tied to a reduction in lightning stroke density along heavily ...

NASA astronaut Nichole Ayers proved this just last summer. On July 1, 2025 the former ISS crew member documented a dramatic look at lightning over the city of Milan, Italy. The brilliantly blue bolt ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. — According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), lightning strikes the United States about 25 million times a year. Lightning is most common during the summer, ...

Answer: “ Thunder is good, thunder is impressive; but it is lightning that does the work.” — Mark Twain Lightning is a flow of electrical cur rent between something with one charge (usually neg ative) ...

A spy plane retrofitted with research equipment has discovered some very intriguing things while observing thunderstorms in the tropics. According to a new paper published by the researchers behind ...

Across the country, pools close when lightning is in the area. For outdoor pools, the rationale is clear: About 10 to 15 people are killed by lightning in the United States each year, and the vast ...

Thunderstorms are often also accompanied by heightened turbulence, which can be uncomfortable and frightening for passengers, ...