Ball lightning, a rare glowing orb seen during thunderstorms, has intrigued scientists for centuries. Learn what causes it, ...

We're all familiar with the ordinary lightning bolt — but what about ball lightning? It's estimated that between one in 30 ...

Since I don't want to be the guinea pig that finds out, I don't go anywhere near the water when there is lightning in the area. Q: Is there really such a thing as ball lightning? And if so ...

This is the archetypal lightning bolt, one that arcs out of the sky and smites the ground with a great, often flickering flash of light. Lightning is the sudden release of built-up charge stored ...

Ever sit outside on a warm summer's evening and notice flashes of lightning, but no actual rain clouds near you? This is ...

Apparently that is part of their purpose. When presented with lightning, however, they turn to conductors allowing the lightning to pass to ground. You can see their teardown in video form ...

Heat lightning is a term used often in the Ozarks. During the hot summer nights, distance clouds flicker with lightning, looking like a chaotically choreographed dance in the night sky.

Lightning has fascinated and excited humans for as long as they have watched the skies. Although meteorologists understand the cloud conditions necessary to produce it, lightning cannot be ...

Lightning strikes are quite high energy events, and release plenty of radio frequency energy when they go off in the atmosphere. This makes them easy to detect, and the magnitude of the energy ...

Kansas football and West Virginia’s Big 12 Conference matchup has just entered a severe weather delay. The game is currently ...

The start of the Miami Hurricanes’ home game against Ball State on Saturday at Hard Rock Stadium has been delayed due to ...

“I think the explanation of Jewish lightning does cement it as something that we shouldn’t say,” one character says in an episode of the acclaimed series. (JTA) — “The Bear,” FX and ...