This 768-km-long lightning flash over southern US is the longest ever recorded
The longest lightning strike in recorded history stretched from Texas to Mississippi.
Tag: lightning
COVID lockdowns led to less lightning in the sky
Less pollution during the COVID-19 lockdowns meant there were fewer aerosols in the atmosphere.
Lightning discharges help clean the air of some greenhouse gases
We only found this out by accident.
Ancient lightning could have sparked life on Earth
Lightning -- and not meteorites -- may have seeded life on Earth.
Massive 700-km ‘megaflash’ stretching from Argentina to Brazil is longest lightning bolt on record
New records for largest and longest-lasting lightning bolts
Scientists have found a record-breaking 500-km-long mega lightning bolt
Credit: Pixabay. Some thunderstorms are so intense that the vivid lightning and crashes of thunder may keep you up at ...
Lightning ‘superbolts’ incoming from November to February, study reports
Thankfully, they almost always strike on water.
Astronomers say exploding stars might have forced our ancestors to walk upright
It's a wild theory -- but is it crazy enough to work?
The curious case of Jupiter’s lightning, solved by the Juno craft
Lightning bolts on Jupiter are both similar and completely different from those on Earth.
Lightning reacts with the atmosphere to produce nuclear reactions and antimatter
As if lightning wasn't insane enough.
The world’s most lightning-prone areas. The top spot gets zapped more than 200 times/square kilometer
A famous lake in Venezuela is where you'll find the most zaps per unit area.
Scientists observe 200-mile long lightning bolt – 10 times longer than we thought possible
Scientists have just observed the longest lightning bolt on record by a long shot.
New measuring method shows that lightning can be as powerful as 20 cars hitting the earth at 60mph
Powerful enough to melt the ground where it lands.
Amazing lighting strikes filmed at 7,000 frames per second
Researchers at the Florida Institute of Technology had an awesome day on the field with their 7,000 frames per second ...
This is what thunder looks like (kind of)
What does lightning sound like? Thunder. Well, what does thunder look like then? It's no trick question. Like all acoustic ...
Map compiled by NASA shows how lightning strikes the Earth
By the time you've finished reading this sentence, thousands of lightning bolts had already discharged enormous amounts of energy onto ...
Twice as many lightnings expected by 2100 as a result of global warming
Researchers from the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and the University of California, Berkeley, have devised a model that projects how ...
Parasitic vines may serve as lightning rods
The tropical rainforests of Central and South America aren't threatened only by deforestation - they are also overrun by lianas, parasitic woody ...
Lightning in slow-mo – VIDEO in 7,207 frames per second
In this amazing slow-motion video, the folks from ZT Research used a high resolution camera to capture a full lightning ...
Understanding thunder and lightning
Photo by Oompa 123. CC BY 3.0 In ancient times, people looked up to the sky and thought it was ...