Lightning may look like a sudden burst from the clouds, but its true origin lies in an invisible storm of cosmic rays, X-rays, and high-energy electrons. A breakthrough study led by Penn State ...

The midsummer heat we've got isn’t going anywhere in the near future. Neither is the rainfall deficit, which continues to ...

We’ve long understood the broad strokes of lightning, but the what kickstarts the process—and allows for some of its weirdest ...

The National Hockey League, Tampa Bay Lightning and Boston Bruins have unveiled the logo for the 2026 Navy Federal Credit ...

The World Meteorological Organization certified the record observed with advanced satellite technology from the National ...

If you were awakened by thunder early on the morning of October 22, 2017 you may have witnessed a world record.

Many in Central Florida witnessed a spectacular lightning show Monday night. As severe storms rolled through, some areas were ...

Image from NOAA’s GOES-16 satellite of the thunderstorm complex that produced the megaflash lightning bolt on October 22, ...

This is one for the record books — a single lightning bolt stretched more than 515 miles across the U.S., from Texas to ...

Well, it's official. The single megaflash lighting bolt of 2017 was certified as the world’s longest flash on record. The ...

Record-setting bolt is a reminder that lightning can pose a threat far from the center of a storm. The post World Record ...

Unlike the classic forked bolts that crash to Earth in a matter of milliseconds, megaflashes slither horizontally through ...