"TGFs are one of the most energetic natural phenomena in the atmosphere," Wada told Space.com. Wada's work focuses on ...

Ever sit outside on a warm summer's evening and notice flashes of lightning, but no actual rain clouds near you? This is commonly referred to as "heat" lightning. While it's not uncommon to see ...

Southern California faces thunderstorms, dry lightning, and rip currents starting Tuesday. The National Weather Service warns ...

NASA astronauts Nichole Ayers and Anne McClain were the latest to share images of lightning as seen from 250 miles above ...

About 242 million lightning flashes were recorded during 2023 in the U.S., according to a recent report by Vaisala Xweather, which tracks each stroke of lightning. That's the most in at least the ...

A low pressure system will skim the Southern California coast Tuesday through Wednesday, bringing the chance of dry lightning ...

Some years, I photographed dozens of lightning flashes; in one year, I snapped none, even after multiple tries. With lightning photography, I’ve learned it’s feast or famine. My goal from the ...

The National Lightning Detection Network counted all of the lightning flashes and strikes across our Michigan sky last Thursday and Friday. You won’t believe how many lightning events we had in ...

It’s also harder to distinguish a flash of lightning against the backdrop of a bright white flurry-filled sky. (Here's what you need to know about lightning.) Yet reports of thundersnow have ...

Wada's work focuses on high-energy phenomena in lightning flashes and thunderclouds. To gather data about lightning for study, the team traveled two hours north of Osaka to the seaside city of ...