COLUMBIA, S.C. — According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), lightning strikes the United States about 25 million times a year. Lightning is most common during the summer, ...
For as long as people have watched storms roll across the sky, lightning has inspired awe and fear. You can see the flash and ...
The crater of Mount Ruang flamed with lava against a backdrop of lightning bolts overnight after erupting five times - Copyright AFP/File Kena Betancur The crater of ...
ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (News-Press NOW) — With all thunderstorms comes lightning. Of the various types of lightning, one that meteorologists monitor closely is cloud-to-ground lightning. Here’s how it works: ...
The age-old maxim says lightning never strikes the same place twice. Florida would beg to disagree.The state is the lightning capital of the United States as measured in deaths by lightning, with four ...
Scientists say they’ve finally solved the mystery behind what happens just before lightning strikes. While famous inventor and U.S. Founding Father Benjamin Franklin discovered the connection between ...
Lightning has fascinated its observers since the beginning of human history. Those who painted the Lascaux cave walls in France approximately 20,000 years ago are believed to have represented it in ...
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - With so many people being impacted by just one lightning strike Tuesday, we asked experts about some of the science behind lightning. The National Weather Service says that ...
NASA astronaut Nichole Ayers proved this just last summer. On July 1, 2025 the former ISS crew member documented a dramatic ...
The first clear crackle of Martian lightning has finally reached human ears, captured by a microphone bolted to a rover nearly 250 million kilometers away. In a few seconds of audio, the Perseverance ...
In May 2025, astronauts Nichole Ayers and Anne McClain posted photos on X of lightning roiling far, far beneath them. The photos were captured at speeds of 120 frames per second, with the depicted ...