Lightning doesn’t just shake up the soil physically—it can also change its chemistry. The nitrogen oxides created by lightning eventually form nitric acid when they mix with rainwater.

Missourians often associate lightning with thunderstorms or the occasional snowstorm, but other parts of the world also experience lightning in some different scenarios.

BRANDON — If the Lightning’s path back to the Stanley Cup Final now goes through the Panthers, it might not look like they’ve ...

With all thunderstorms comes lightning. Of the various types of lightning, one that meteorologists monitor closely is cloud-to-ground lightning. Here’s how it works: as a thunderstorm moves through an ...

The Lightning Network is a second-layer network for Bitcoin that speeds up transaction processing for Bitcoin.

A single flash of lightning contains an immense amount of energy. Learn exactly how much, plus whether lightning can be harvested.

All it takes is a flash. Lightning strikes the ground, creating temperatures of more than 3,000 degrees. The sand around the lightning strike fuses together, and fulgurite is formed. Not every ...

Lightning is hotter than the surface of the sun and kills up to 20 people in the United States each year, but how exactly ...

Share In Depth › Nature Features › Environment and Nature Lightning storms in the Top End People living in the Top End of Australia say they go a bit 'troppo' or crazy as the heat and humidity ...

A teenager is speaking out after surviving a lightning strike in New York City's Central Park — and says he feels extra lucky ...

TAMPA — The Lightning have been very careful to not overwhelm rookie forward Conor Geekie, knowing that his adjustment to the NHL as a 20-year-old in a new organization is a transformative time ...