A full understanding of how lightning forms in the clouds has eluded scientists, but new research promises to solve this enduring mystery. reading time 2 minutes Lightning has long terrified and ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Scientists have long understood why lightning forms, but the atomic processes at the core of the phenomenon have remained largely a ...

Both Nichole Ayers and Anne McClain posted photos in May on social media site X that they captured of lightning roiling far, far beneath them. The photos were captured at speeds of 120 frames per ...