Lightning has captured people's fascination for millennia. It's embedded in mythology, religion and popular culture. Think of ...

Cuts in sulfur emissions from oceangoing vessels have been tied to a reduction in lightning stroke density along heavily ...

For as long as people have watched storms roll across the sky, lightning has inspired awe and fear. You can see the flash and ...

Scientists say they’ve finally solved the mystery behind what happens just before lightning strikes. While famous inventor and U.S. Founding Father Benjamin Franklin discovered the connection between ...

Peer reviewed experiments suggest lightning can give birth to glowing plasmoids that look uncannily like UFOs, sparking fresh ...

The crater of Mount Ruang flamed with lava against a backdrop of lightning bolts overnight after erupting five times - Copyright AFP/File Kena Betancur The crater of ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Some lightning strikes are much more powerful than others and can often be the culprit behind some of Colorado's wildfires. Here's ...

Across the country, pools close when lightning is in the area. For outdoor pools, the rationale is clear: About 10 to 15 people are killed by lightning in the United States each year, and the vast ...

An image of Augustine erupting on January 13, 2006, from about 50 miles away from the volcano. Courtesy of Gerald Andrew When Mount St. Augustine in Alaska erupted in mid-January 2006 for the first ...

The study presents the first in-situ evidence of electrical activity in the Martian atmosphere, identifying 55 distinct triboelectric discharge events. These electrical discharges, unlike terrestrial ...