The dance of electrical charges high above us is more complex than most people realize. While we typically think of lightning as bright bolts striking the ground, the vast majority of lightning ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (News-Press NOW) — With all thunderstorms comes lightning. Of the various types of lightning, one that ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A Penn State-led study reveals the hidden chain reaction that starts lightning, linking electrons, X-rays, and gamma rays. (CREDIT ...

A dark sky suddenly lights up with a brilliant flash, illuminating the clouds for just an instant. It may look like a burst ...

A research team at Los Alamos National Laboratory recently found that the strength difference between two very high-frequency radio pulses in lightning is closely related to the altitude of the ...

Lightning is one of the most powerful and awe-inspiring forces in nature. While many flashes look similar at first glance, there are several different types of lightning, each with its own unique ...

Zeus’s weapon has been cracked. Researchers say they have finally worked out how lightning forms, how it escapes the storm cloud that fosters it – and whether it will form a “bolt from the blue”. The ...

A bolt of cloud-to-ground (CG) lightning forms if a lightning leader develops out of the cloud and reaches the ground. Positive CG (+CG) lightning is formed by a downward positive leader and transfers ...

They look like oversized thunderclouds, but they’re even more dangerous. Pyrocumulonimbus (PyroCb) clouds are caused by wildfires and extreme heat. This rare phenomenon fascinates researchers—and ...