This is the archetypal lightning bolt, one that arcs out of the sky and smites the ground with a great, often flickering flash of light. Lightning is the sudden release of built-up charge stored ...

A new study suggests that microscopic lightning bolts—called microlightning ... Using high-speed cameras, they captured faint flashes—tiny sparks zipping between the droplets.

Nasa astronaut Don Pettit aboard the International Space Station has unveiled videos of dazzling auroras captured from the orbiting laboratory. One of the videos, which he shared recently on X, shows ...

Multiple flashes of lightning were seen in the night sky over Minneapolis, Minnesota, during severe storms late on Friday, March 29. Footage taken by X user @Bam2, taken in downtown Minneapolis, shows ...

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 ...