Our eyes deceive us when lightning strikes like a giant spark cracking the sky in two. That giant spark is only as big around as a golf ball. Like everything else in nature, it happens for a reason.

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 ...

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Locations circled in red are the lightning attachment points near the aileron of the United 787. Credit: NTSB Properly designed and maintained bonding straps and grounding connections are vital for ...

Ball lightning appears as floating orbs of glowing plasma, often during thunderstorms, drifting silently through the air before vanishing—or exploding without warning. Reports describe colors from ...

As hotter, wetter summers drive up lightning strikes across Bengal, rural families in Hooghly are left to face deadly storms ...