For as long as people have watched storms roll across the sky, lightning has inspired awe and fear. You can see the flash and ...

How powerful is a lightning strike—really? ⚡ This video shows how to estimate the energy released in lightning using core physics ideas like voltage, current, time duration, and stored electrical ...

What steps can be taken to mitigate lightning strikes on future aircraft designs? This is what a recent study published in IEEE Access hopes to address as a team of researchers investigated new ...

More than 70 aircraft are struck by lightning every day. If you happen to be flying when a strike occurs, chances are you won't feel a thing, thanks to lightning protection measures that are embedded ...

Multi-ignition wildfires are not overly common. But when individual fires do converge, the consequences can be catastrophic.

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 ...

Lightning researchers expect lightning could become more frequent as temperatures rise. Photo by Rick Lipscomb, courtesy NOAA. The age-old maxim says lightning never strikes the same place twice.