Scientists are working to understand the curious phenomena of red sprites, green ghosts and blue jets high above ...

As a result, lightning can strike, even though the thundercloud was hidden — the result is a “bolt from the clear blue sky”.

Lightning is the discharge of electricity caused by an imbalance between the positive and negative charges that build up in a thundercloud. Most lightning flashes occur between or within clouds ...

Lightning is the discharge of electricity caused by an imbalance between the positive and negative charges that build up in a thundercloud. Most lightning flashes occur between or within clouds ...

Sheel and his team found that when the atmosphere of Mars is laden with dust, the atmosphere becomes less conductive, ...

The characteristic zigzag pattern of lightning is caused by a highly conductive form of oxygen that builds up as the bolt travels toward the ground.

NTT hopes that such cage-equipped drones could protect cities and important infrastructure in the future, as they work towards a “society free from lightning-related damage,” they say in a ...

A multi-sensor detection of an intense gamma-ray flash, which occurs when two lightning leaders collided, has been observed. Observations across a wide radiation spectrum enabled precise ...

The hot plumes of steam and ash that rise from many volcanoes are often shot through with brilliant lightning flashes. But these violent bursts of electricity are usually blamed on conventional ...

Analysis: why lightning proceeds in a series of steps from the thundercloud to the earth below has remained a mystery Everyone has seen lightning and marvelled at its power. But despite its ...