Have you ever heard of—or even seen—red lightning? These are not animated characters but real atmospheric phenomena known as ...

The Miller-Urey hypothesis is based on a famous 1952 experiment in which researchers successfully formed these organic ...

Rockford math teacher Joe Kleefisch recounts his 1988 lightning strike survival and newfound respect for storms.

When it gets near enough, positive fingers of charge reach ... some of lightning’s biggest mysteries. Why will a lightning bolt sometimes strike a low tree when right beside it is a tall metal ...

Lightning strikes are common in Florida, including Jacksonville. Trees struck by lightning may not need to be removed, as the damage varies depending on the intensity of the strike. It's crucial ...

Life on Earth may not have begun with a big lightning strike in the ocean, as scientists once thought. Instead, tiny electric sparks from crashing waves and waterfalls—called “microlightning”—might ...

In a recent study published in the Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, scientists from Los Alamos National ...