A new world record for the longest lightning flash has officially been recognised by the World Meteorological Organisation at an incredible 829 kilometres in a notorious American hotspot. The longest ...

Over two summer days in June 2012, a NASA aircraft called DC-8 daringly flew at a speed of 200 meters per second through deep clouds and threw itself into the eye of a tumultuous thunderstorm. DC-8 ...

The bright flash of lightning and its accompanying boom of thunder are so grand that the phenomenon has indelibly etched its mark into songs, stories, and religious traditions. Perhaps part of what ...