The scientific community long assumed that to understand how lightning works, one needed a ...

Scientists have shown that lightning-like bursts can be recreated in small blocks of solid materials in the lab.

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 ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Lightning lit up the night sky Thursday, producing hundreds of lightning strikes that created an ominous backdrop in Jacksonville. The lightning strikes were captured by viewers ...

A lightning display was captured on camera during the night of March 9 to 10, as destructive storms swept through parts of the state.The National Weather Service issued a flash flood warning and said ...

TRI-CITIES, Tenn./Va. (WJHL) — Storms rolling through the region Tuesday evening resulted in a confirmed tornado, according to the National Weather Service (NWS). A tornado warning was issued in ...

A laser that redirects lightning could be used to protect critical buildings during storms. When an electric charge builds up in clouds, lightning can either propagate downwards, from clouds to the ...

One of the scariest clouds you'll ever see over a football stadium. Photo taken by Ty Kaplan (Ty Kaplan) A few weeks ago, my wife and I made the nine-hour drive to Lubbock to drop our daughter off at ...

Images of lightning filling the sky off North Carolina shows that the new Rodanthe “Jug Handle” Bridge may soon become a tourist attraction along the Outer Banks. Wes Snyder video screenshot Images of ...

(WJHL) – Many people talk about “heat lightning,” but is there really such a thing? If you see lightning in the sky, there has to be a thunderstorm somewhere near you. Thursday night is a great ...

“We explained how photoelectric events occur, what conditions need to be in thunderclouds to initiate the cascade of electrons, and what is causing the wide variety of radio signals that we observe in ...