A new study suggests that microscopic lightning bolts—called microlightning—within water droplets may have helped forge the very first amino acids on Earth. The research revives and reimagines one of ...

When lightning flashes, it also lights up an incredibly wide spectrum of radio spectrum as well. This build uses an AM radio built into a small integrated circuit to detect some of those radio waves.

A line of storms brought lightning, hail, and strong winds to parts of northern Alabama on Sunday evening, March 23, according to the National Weather Service (NWS). Timelapse footage filmed by ...

Satellite imagery captured flashes of lighting as thunderstorms advanced over the swollen waterways and inundated areas of the Midwest and Mid-South on April 10. A stalling storm system caused ...

However, critics pointed out that lightning flashes were too infrequent and the oceans too large and dispersed for this scenario. Now, Dr Zare and his team have an alternate hypothesis that doesn ...