Latest about lightning
'Superbolts' are real, and they flash up to 1,000 times brighter than regular lightning
Scientists recently calculated the power of so-called superbolts — brighter-than-average lightning strikes.
Lightning killed 2 giraffes in South Africa: Were they doomed by their height?
After two dead giraffes were discovered in a South African nature reserve, scientists determined that the animals had been struck by lightning.
The electric hum of life may have originated with primordial lightning
A low-frequency hum in our cells syncs may have synced with ancient sky bolts.
400-mile-long lightning bolt over Brazil is biggest in recorded history
A lightning bolt that traveled 440 miles across the sky of southern Brazil in 2018 has been confirmed as the biggest in history.
Lightning Bolts Create Glowing Auroral 'Elves' and Brilliant Gamma-Ray Flashes
Dark fluffy thunderclouds don't just fuel dramatic storms, they also produce some of the most energetic flashes of light on the planet.
Lightning Strikes Almost Killed the Apollo 12 Mission
The launch sparked two lightning strikes that disrupted critical rocket systems.
So Much of the Arctic Is on Fire, You Can See It From Space
Wildfires burning large swaths of Russia are generating so much smoke, they're visible from space, new images from NASA's Earth Observatory reveal.
