Scientists have revealed a hidden trigger of lightning that could resolve a centuries-old weather mystery. Earth is struck by ...

A newly unveiled astronaut photo shows a "gigantic jet" shooting upward from a thunderstorm above Louisiana in November 2024.

BOULDER, Colo. — Lightning doesn’t just strike downward; sometimes its effects reach thousands of kilometers into space. In a ...

NASA astronaut Don Pettit captured this stunning long-exposure view of Earth and stars from space at night from the ...

Thunderstorms can be beautiful to admire from a distance –just ask the ISS astronauts who take incredible photos of lightning from space– but up close and personal, they're frightening.

New international pollution laws may have helped researchers discover an unexpected way to stop lightning strikes.

Members of Expedition 44 Crew caught this view of red sprite lightning from the International Space Station on Aug. 10, 2015. Credit: NASA Unfortunately, An and Dong hadn't thought to precisely ...

The International Space Station has captured a photo of what in known as "Earth's tallest lightning". This form of lighting, known as a gigantic jet, is a type of discharge that occurs between ...

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) Cosmic-ray showers, consisting of high-energy particles from space, appear to play a significant role in triggering lightning flashes. Observations using a 3D ...

When researchers at the Los Alamos National Laboratory visualized data from the first few nanoseconds of a lightning, they ...

A new study from my research team has found that electromagnetic waves generated by lightning can trigger these electron showers. At the start of the space race in the 1950s, professor James Van ...