"This new record clearly demonstrates the incredible power of the natural environment," professor Randall Cerveny said.

Guinness World Records may be the go-to organization for measuring the extent of (sometimes dubious) human achievement, but ...

The GOES satellites are a major part of the puzzle, since they continuously monitor the sky. They also identified the longest ...

A lightning flash tore across the sky above the Great Plains, stretching across a staggering 515 miles (829 kilometers) from ...

A single flash of lightning that stretched across the Great Plains, from eastern Texas all the way to Kansas City, Missouri, ...

An apparent lightning strike and fire Thursday afternoon led to all of the residents of a 16-unit building being displaced, ...

A lighting flash that spanned from East Texas to an area near Kansas City in 2017 is officially the longest lightning strike ...

The 515-mile bolt stretched from East Texas to near Kansas City, Mo., a roughly eight-hour distance by car, according to the ...

Scientists July 31 announced the discovery of the world's longest lightning flash ever detected – a whopping 515-mile-long ...

A Wednesday lightning strike on the St. John Baptist Church in the Four Corners community in St. Mary Parish led to the ...

A lightning bolt stretching 515 miles (829 km) from eastern Texas to near Kansas City has set a terrifying new record as the ...

Lightning is a familiar sight in stormy skies, but a new report has revealed just how far some bolts can travel — in one case ...