Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Lightning strikes near St. George, Utah. jerbarber/iStock/Getty Images Plus It’s been a warm day, maybe even a little humid, and ...

lightning almost never strikes the North or South Poles. These are just a few of the things NASA scientists at the National Space Science and Technology Center (NSSTC) in Huntsville, Ala., have ...

It’s been a warm day, maybe even a little humid, and the tall clouds in the distance remind you of cauliflower. You hear a sharp crack, like the sound of a batter hitting a home run, or a low rumble ...

When lightning splits off like this, there's a chance it will strike the ground in multiple places. Credit: Felix Mittermeier/Unsplash Although the likelihood of a human being hit by lightning is ...

Studying lightning is as hard as you might expect. One promising technique to study the ephemeral surges is to measure the radio waves generated by a lightning event using an array of antennas. This ...