In a small lab at Penn State University, lightning may be happening on a scale smaller than a deck of cards. Victor Pasko, a professor of electrical engineering, and his team have shown that under ...

A single bolt blasted across central U.S. skies from Dallas to Kansas City on October 2017.

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Florida's first lightning-related death of the year happened on the rain-swollen Blackwater River as the atmosphere trembled and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Penn State scientists demonstrate that lightning-like electrical discharges can occur inside solid materials, not just in storm ...