A new model reveals how cosmic electrons and X-rays trigger lightning, solving a decades-old mystery about what starts a lightning strike.

Excerpts from the book Ghosts of Hiroshima, which James Cameron has pledged to turn into his next movie after he's finished ...

Lightning is a familiar sight in stormy skies, but a new report has revealed just how far some bolts can travel — in one case, more than 500 miles. That astonishing bolt sparked to life in eastern ...

Using archival satellite data, researchers just officially confirmed the length of this enormous bolt of lightning that ...

A Blue Springs dad is thankful to have walked away unharmed after lightning struck in his front yard on Friday.

A new billboard in Seattle calls to ground the Blue Angels ahead of Seafair. The sign protests the Navy’s fighter jet team.

‘Lightning in a bottle’: NY gunman who cited CTE was once a standout high school football player John Lamparski/AFP/Getty Images via CNN Newsource ...

Popocatépetl volcano video with Puebla cityscape, lightnings and an eye in the clouds ...

SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, Calif. (KION-TV) - A series of library events will examine the devastation and aftermath of the CZU Lightning Complex Fire five years later, commemorating what was lost and the ...

Climate activists in Seattle erect billboard protesting Blue Angels airshow, citing pollution and noise concerns as the Navy team prepares for their annual Seafair performance.

Max Scherzer returns to the mound where the right-hander became a star in the finale of a four-game series between the Toronto Blue Jays and host Detroit Tigers on Sunday afternoon.