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 ...

Thunderstorms belong to a non-exhaustive list of surprisingly mundane things that we know surprisingly little about. Last ...

Lightning formation and the conditions triggering it have long been shrouded in a cloud of mystery, but new research led by Penn State scientists is lifting the fog. Using mathematical calculations, ...

Scientists have successfully modeled large lightning strikes that occur on a kilometer scale in a lab setting of only a few ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Illustration of a lightning bolt inside a laser beam. Multicolored beams radiate from a bright center and there are several ...

Thunderstorms often begin to develop early in the day when the sun heats the air near the ground and pockets of warmer air start to rise in the atmosphere. When these pockets of air reach a certain ...

Lightning flashes streak across the sky in the German countryside. One large flash is mostly horizontal, another one is vertical. Sometimes lightning bolts can ...

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 ...

NASA astronaut Nichole Ayers captured an electrifying image of a giant lightning "sprite" shooting up over Mexico and southern U.S. states. The red "jellyfish" could help researchers learn more about ...