NOAA’s GOES-16 satellite detects around one million lightning flashes per day from its perch high above the Earth. It is the ...

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

Lightning is a familiar sight in stormy skies, but a new report has revealed just how far some bolts can travel — in one case ...

A single flash of lightning that stretched across the Great Plains, from eastern Texas all the way to Kansas City, Missouri, ...

Lightning is one of the greatest natural forces on our planet. New mapping tools are revealing just how big it is.

Scientists July 31 announced the discovery of the world's longest lightning flash ever detected – a whopping 515-mile-long ...

The 515-mile bolt stretched from East Texas to near Kansas City, Mo., a roughly eight-hour distance by car, according to the ...

A single lightning bolt silently crossed three states in 2017. Years later, satellites finally uncovered its record-breaking ...

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

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

OLD FORT, N.C. (WLOS) — A family loses everything after lightning hits their home in Old Fort. A bolt of lightning caused the ...