It’s been a warm day, maybe even a little humid, and the tall clouds in the distance remind you of cauliflower. You hear a sharp crack, like the sound of a batter hitting a home run, or a low rumble ...

The lightning that sizzled down on Maryland from yesterday’s thunderstorms had been under close watch for several hours by power managers at the Baltimore Gas and Electric Co. Using a remarkable ...

A NASA and NOAA satellite has returned its first images of lightning in clouds on Earth, which could prove vital in monitoring severe storms and protecting against natural disasters. The rest of this ...

NASA has been recording just about every lightning strike for much of the past 20 years, and it has produced a map to show where this phenomenon is most common. It turns out that the eastern ...

Katrina Virts was looking at data from the World Wide Lightning Location Network, a network of sensors that tracks global lightning, and noticed it almost right away: a peculiar line of lightning ...

The first complete world map of lightning activity has been created using observations from two earth-orbiting satellites. Central Africa, the Himalayas and parts of South America experience more ...

When summer monsoons bring thunderstorms to Southwest Colorado, lightning bolts can come fast and furious. Justin Moore, assistant manager of the Durango Interagency Fire Dispatch Center made the ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

is a senior reporter who has covered AI, robotics, and more for eight years at The Verge. Last week at around three in the morning I was woken by the loudest thunderstorm I’ve ever heard in my life.

While lightning strikes are generally considered to be a summer phenomenon, the rare and powerful superbolt form doesn't follow suit, with new research revealing these electric monsters not only occur ...