A Penn State-led research team has unraveled the long-standing mystery of how lightning begins inside thunderclouds. Their findings offer the first quantitative, physics-based explanation for ...

A jaw-dropping 515-mile lightning bolt lit up the skies from Texas to Kansas City, smashing previous records and reshaping ...

Lightning is one of the greatest natural forces on our planet. New mapping tools are revealing just how big it is.

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

A stroke of lighting that lasted more than 7 seconds and flashed across 829 kilometres is officially the longest ever ...

Growing up, my parents used to play these 1990s pop rock and synth pop records in both English and Spanish. My mom had big curly hair and wore low-rise jeans, and my dad was always in band tees. They ...

Close call Dig deeper: The footage shows the driver getting to the door, ringing the doorbell, and then shouting and crouching, visibly startled, as a lightning bolt is seen.

A deliveryman in New Jersey was nearly struck by lightning Monday. Lisa Lowe via Storyful Then, suddenly, a bolt of lightning strikes in the yard. The deliveryman shouted and ducked closer to the ...

A delivery driver was nearly struck by lightning while dropping food off at a home in Wayne, New Jersey recently. See the video.

A delivery driver was nearly struck by lightning while dropping food off at a home in Wayne, New Jersey recently. See the video.