A new study suggests that microscopic lightning bolts—called microlightning—within water droplets may have helped forge the very first amino acids on Earth. The research revives and reimagines one of ...

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This is the archetypal lightning bolt, one that arcs out of the sky and smites the ground with a great, often flickering flash of light. Lightning is the sudden release of built-up charge stored ...

The twister quickly dissipates, leaving a spectacular lightning show. Two long bolts crisscross the sky like an electrified ... storm might produce a natural flash out of range of their instruments.

Sheet lightning happens when an electrical charge builds up inside a cloud and flows from one cloud to another. It is a bright flash that fills the sky. Fork lightning is what we often think of ...

Lightning strikes got a little too close for comfort for a storm chaser in Douglassville, Texas. Atmospheric scientist ...

Lightning isn’t just a random flash in the sky — it’s a crucial part of Earth’s life-support system.

A dramatic video recorded Wednesday evening showed lightning stretching across the sky above Seattle as thunderstorms rolled across the region. Another video recorded in the Seattle area also ...

As lightning scattered across the sky, heavy downpours led to short-term urban flooding in some areas. Hail was also reported in parts of the Puget Sound region, with 0.9-inch sized hail reported ...