As spring approaches, we can expect more severe storms, which can bring deadly lightning strikes. While summer is the busiest ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Lightning strikes near St. George, Utah. jerbarber/iStock/Getty Images Plus It’s been a warm day, maybe even a little humid, and ...

The arrival of summer brings increased chances of thunderstorms and dangerous lightning. NASA marked National Lightning Safety Awareness Week by highlighting the unique contributions agency lightning ...

Studying lightning is as hard as you might expect. One promising technique to study the ephemeral surges is to measure the radio waves generated by a lightning event using an array of antennas. This ...

It’s been a warm day, maybe even a little humid, and the tall clouds in the distance remind you of cauliflower. You hear a sharp crack, like the sound of a batter hitting a home run, or a low rumble ...

When lightning splits off like this, there's a chance it will strike the ground in multiple places. Credit: Felix Mittermeier/Unsplash Although the likelihood of a human being hit by lightning is ...

A massive electrical charge that blasted 50 miles into space above an Oklahoma thunderstorm was part of a detailed 3D study that has given scientists new data concerning an enigmatic atmospheric ...