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

Over 20 years, I’ve made 94 trips to photograph lightning over Washington D.C.’s monuments and memorials — never skipping a thunderstorm season. Some years, I photographed dozens of ...

But the satellite’s onboard lightning-detection system only spotted occasional flashes. For Van Eaton ... forefront and Hunga Tonga Island in the background on January 14, 2022, a day before ...

More information: Xuan-Min Shao et al, 3D Radio Frequency Mapping and Polarization Observations Show Lightning Flashes Were ...

For the first time, scientists have caught lightning in the act of unleashing a powerful burst of gamma radiation known as a ...

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 ...

About half the time, an individual lightning flash strikes the ground in several locations, some as much as five miles apart. This finding contradicts the old thinking that five miles is a safe ...

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 ...

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 ...