In a process called bioluminescence, lightning bugs produce light through a chemical reaction in their body. Unlike a ...

Scientists are working to understand the curious phenomena of red sprites, green ghosts and blue jets high above thunderstorms.

Thankfully, there were no fatalities, but 12 children and eight adults were electrocuted by the lightning strike at a public ...

An Alberta couple, Ed and Melinda Pardy, possibly recorded rare ball lightning. This happened after a thunderstorm near their ...

According to the National Weather Service, a "bolt from the blue" is a cloud-to-ground lightning strike that appears to come ...

A company is creating its own lightning bolts to test equipment efficiency as strikes become more common due to climate ...

This chart by the European Space Agency does a great job of showing the difference between the two phenomena, but because they’re both the products of lightning firing upwards, they’re still ...

This is an incredible picture of a “bolt from the blue” lightning strike from downtown Houston Tuesday. Quentin Dunn sent this to me from his office with downtown in the distance.

People: Light on Lightning; People: Light on Lightning. 3 minute read. TIME. July 25, 1932 12:00 AM GMT-4. I n Lincoln, Neb. Professor John C. Jensen of Nebraska Wesleyan University ponders lightning.