The dance of electrical charges high above us is more complex than most people realize. While we typically think of lightning ...

ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (News-Press NOW) — With all thunderstorms comes lightning. Of the various types of lightning, one that meteorologists monitor closely is cloud-to-ground lightning. Here’s how it works: ...

The chance of getting struck by lightning once in a lifetime is about 1 in 1.2 million. The odds that lightning reaches the ground in the first place are even higher — one in four. It’s the lightning ...

Using a precisely aligned pair of laser beams, scientists can now hold a single aerosol particle in place and monitor how it ...

Of course, everything on Mars has to be different from Earth — not even the thunder can sound like thunder. Instead, these tiny bits of lightning give off sounds more like those that people associate ...

A new study led by researchers from the Institute of Atmospheric Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) has ...

Lightning can inspire awe, so it’s no surprise that people have developed a few tall tales about it. Here are seven myths that you’ve probably heard about the natural phenomenon and how they compare ...

A single green laser, a glass bead smaller than a bacterium and a lab in Austria are helping you see lightning in a new way.