A nationwide lightning report shows Texas ranked No. 1 in total flashes and thunderstorm hours last year. Here's where ...

Ball lightning and plasmoid phenomena have long captured the interest of both the scientific community and the general public due to their rare and enigmatic nature. Ball lightning is typically ...

Lightning has captivated scientists for centuries, but despite extensive research, the precise atmospheric conditions that trigger a lightning strike within thunderclouds have remained a profound ...

Scientists have long understood why lightning forms, but the atomic processes at the core of the phenomenon have remained largely a mystery—especially the strange mechanics behind terrestrial ...

Double rainbow? Old news. It’s all about rainbow lightning these days. Early Monday evening, some Phoenix residents were lucky enough to catch two weather phenomena at once. A monsoon rainstorm ended ...

(KTEN) — According to Vaisala, in 2025, there were 251,800,297 total lighting events in the US. Shady Grove, Oklahoma, saw 1,160 strikes per square kilometer, making it the lightning capital of the US ...