On a cold, thin-aired world where sound barely carries, a NASA rover has picked up something that should not be possible: the crackle of lightning on Mars. Instead of the deep, rolling thunder ...

Scientists seem to be courting synesthesia with the study of an everyday phenomenon. Researchers at the Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) artificially induced lightning and created images based on ...

If you’ve ever been startled by a bolt of lightning without the roar of thunder or accompanying thunderstorm, you’ve probably had someone explain to you that it was just “heat” lightning. The term is ...

Sometimes a Tampa Bay match makes more of an indelible impression on the ears than the eyes. The Tampa Bay Times e-Newspaper is a digital replica of the printed paper seven days a week that is ...

Thunder is the sound made by lightning. The process of lightning zipping through the air causes a sudden heating of the air to a temperature estimated at 40,000 degrees Fahrenheit. This causes an ...

The Tampa Bay community has spent the last three weeks wading through grief, uncertainty and a whole lot of drywall—all in the wake of two historic hurricanes with names more befitting to the ...