A couple in Canada captured the unique lightning strike near their rural property during an intense thunderstorm, which was ...

These were interpreted as experimental weapons, divine intervention, or even UFOs. Storm chasers, people who pursue and study thunderstorms, have speculated that ball lightning could travel along ...

Like traditional lightning, ball lighting does come with its fair share of concerns. Depending on the size of the sphere, you could be exposed to UV radiation, causing burns.

On October 21, 1638, people were congregating at a church at Widecombe-in-the-Moor, in Devon, England, when a severe thunderstorm broke out. Witnesses described an 8-foot ball of fire hurtling ...

Ed, who had read about the phenomenon as a child, wondered whether it might be the elusive "ball lightning", potentially described back as far as the 12th century CE. Back then, an account from ...

Gervase’s description of ball lightning is also remarkably similar to modern reports. It predates by nearly 450 years the next earliest contemporary report of ball lightning in England.

Gervase’s description of ball lightning is also remarkably similar to modern reports. It predates by nearly 450 years the next earliest contemporary report of ball lightning in England.

In fact, it has been seen by about 5% of the population. Overall, ball lighting occurs during thunderstorms and typically appears simultaneously with a cloud-to-ground lightning strike.