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 ...

Researchers from Los Alamos National Laboratory have discovered that cosmic-ray showers seem to play a pivotal role in ...

Lightning flashes over the Mediterranean Sea (AFP via Getty) For nearly two billion years after it formed, the Earth contained a swirl of chemicals, but organic molecules needed for making ...

Tornado warnings were issued as a storm brought heavy rain and lightning to Greenup County, Kentucky, in the early hours of Thursday, April 3.Two tornado warnings were issued for the area - one at ...

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 ...

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 ...