A massive American web of orbiting missile interceptors could in theory protect the U.S. from an all-out Russian nuclear ...

In Livingston, Louisiana, a terrifying close call was caught on camera as a lightning strike hit just yards from @Stormmasterjohn's house. Captured as the QLCS storms rolled through the area, the ...

Over Lake Maracaibo in Venezuela, a never-ending lightning storm lights up the sky. Warm, humid air from the lake collides with cold mountain winds, creating the perfect conditions for constant ...

Climate scientists present a realistic supercomputer simulation that resolves the complex interactions between fire, vegetation, smoke and the atmosphere. The authors find that increasing greenhouse ...

Four female soccer players were killed in Colombia after being struck by lightning during a game in the village of El Real, according to multiple reports.

A recent study investigates how polyester microdroplets, potential precursors to modern cells, could form under realistic early Earth conditions. Researchers pushed these conditions to the limits, ...

Lightning strikes the U.S about 25 million times per year, with most of the strikes occurring during the summer months.

Determining the culprit One of the ways to disturb electrons in the inner radiation belt and kick them into Earth’s atmosphere actually begins in the atmosphere itself. Lightning, the large ...

One of the ways to disturb electrons in the inner radiation belt and kick them into Earth’s atmosphere actually begins in the atmosphere itself. Lightning, the large electromagnetic discharges ...

One of the ways to disturb electrons in the inner radiation belt and kick them into Earth’s atmosphere actually begins in the atmosphere itself. Lightning, the large electromagnetic discharges that ...