R esearchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have made a new physics-based tool that can predict how ...

What steps can be taken to mitigate lightning strikes on future aircraft designs? This is what a recent study published in ...

More than 70 aircraft are struck by lightning every day. If you happen to be flying when a strike occurs, chances are you won ...

Last year marked the 270th anniversary of Benjamin Franklin’s lightning rod — but it’s more than a relic of history. The Franklin rod remains in use today because the simple design exploits some ...

Discover how does lightning begin and the mysteries behind its initiation and travel in this deep dive into lightning research. Every day on this planet, roughly 4 to 8 million bolts of electricity ...

Lightning strikes are a major trigger for wildfires, including the record-breaking blazes that devastated Australia, California and other regions this year. An international research team has now ...

Ball lightning - a slow-moving ball of light that is occasionally seen at ground level during thunderstorms - has puzzled scientists for centuries. There have also been reports of ball lightning in ...

Join us on Wednesday, March 31 at noon Pacific for the Physics of Lightning Hack Chat with Greg Leyh! Of all the things that were around to terrify our ancestors, lightning must have been right up ...

A warmer planet with rising pollution, population density and urbanization is intensifying human exposure to lightning hazards, warn scientists. Evidence points to a concentration of lightning strikes ...