Scientists have shown that lightning-like bursts can be recreated in small blocks of solid materials in the lab.

The scientific community long assumed that to understand how lightning works, one needed a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A Penn State-led study reveals the hidden chain reaction that starts lightning, linking electrons, X-rays, and gamma rays. (CREDIT ...

Lightning formation and the conditions triggering it have long been shrouded in a cloud of mystery, but new research led by Penn State scientists is lifting the fog. Using mathematical calculations, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A cloud resembling a tornado was spotted north of Las Vegas on Friday night, September 5, as a lightning storm rolled through the ...

Lightning, a sudden, intense discharge of electricity that occurs during a thunderstorm. Though lightning only lasts ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Western Oregon was hit with 180 cloud-to-ground lighting strikes and saw 560 cloud-to cloud lightning flashes Monday, according to the National Weather Service. Lightning ...

Severe weather is possible across parts of Texas on Friday afternoon and evening, with the primary threats being large hail, strong winds and heavy rainfall.

Inside a charged storm cloud, they become something else entirely. As the electric field pushes electrons faster and faster, they slam into air molecules such as nitrogen and oxygen. These collisions ...

It's Severe Weather Preparedness Week, and there is a new topic every day to prepare you for every form of severe weather that comes with the spring season. Today's topic is lightning information and ...