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

Lightning was seen in parts of northern Texas on Wednesday, March 4, as the National Weather Service (NWS) warned of severe ...

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, ...

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

After lightning moved through parts of Collier County Monday night, fire officials say the brief rain that followed wasn’t ...

Waves of strong to severe thunderstorms with lots of lightning, heavy downpours, hail and strong winds loomed over the ...

The numbers are out, and Texas once again topped the list for the most lightning strikes out of any state in the United ...

A rare lightning storm lights up the sky over Capitola shortly before 3 a.m. Thursday morning as seen in an image taken by local photographer Stephen Harrington. The photo was taken from the bluff ...

Lightning strikes south of Badger Mountain on Monday, Sept. 8, 2025, as seen from the parking garage at Kadlec Regional Medical Center in Richland. Courtesy Scott Butner A Richland-based photographer ...

Hundreds of lightning bolts stretched across the sky Wednesday night, treating the Bay Area to a rare display of atmospheric electricity. Storms first hit the Central Coast on Tuesday night before ...