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                            <title><![CDATA[ Latest from Live Science in Lightning ]]></title>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ We now know why shoes squeak, and it involves miniature lightning bolts ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Harvard engineers think they've found the reason basketball shoes squeak, and it's due to pockets of friction between the rubber and the court. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Kenna Hughes-Castleberry ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/cyQcHcYJ6bF3GavCEZXhs9-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Why do basketball shoes squeak on a court? A new study provides an interesting answer.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A close up of a man&#039;s lower legs, with both feet wearing tall black sneakers and black socks. He wears white basketball shorts and is bouncing a basketball between his hands while standing on a midline on a wooden basketball court]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Bizarre, UFO-like halo of red light appears over small Italian town — for the second time in 3 years ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ An eerie new photo shows a giant red ring shining above Possagno, near the Italian Alps. The eye-catching image is almost identical to one taken in the same town in early 2023. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 27 Nov 2025 12:02:27 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Weather]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Harry Baker ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/JzVvcAETSm8TRMFnNaEmeM-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Photographer Valter Binotto snapped his striking image of a UFO-like ring of red light above the Italian town of Possagno on Nov. 17. It is not the first time he has captured this type of image from this location. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A photograph of a blurry red ring of light in the night sky above a town in Italy]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 515-mile-long lightning bolt that spanned 5 states is the longest on record ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ A lightning "megaflash" that zipped across five U.S. states has set a new record for the longest ever detected. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2025 19:50:30 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Weather]]></category>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ ben.turner@futurenet.com (Ben Turner) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Ben Turner ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/SUCH9m6yr6RnjCmUTQ66Ti-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Bolts of this size have only become fully measureable with the advent of satellite monitoring.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Lightning striking ]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Lightning on Earth is sparked by a powerful chain reaction from outer space, simulations show ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ A new model may have finally solved where storm clouds get their missing energy. ]]>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ ben.turner@futurenet.com (Ben Turner) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Ben Turner ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/d7SL28x9R3cA3yDdTeestS-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Lightning strikes from a storm approaching Trieste, Italy.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Trieste Lightning]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Grand Canyon Dragon wildfire burns down historic lodge and triggers toxic gas leak ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Firefighters are battling a lightning-caused wildfire on the North Rim of the Grand Canyon. The Dragon Bravo Fire has burned down the Grand Canyon Lodge and triggered a chlorine gas leak. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Patrick Pester ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/KEvge6Zq2yoSasezHiN7qN-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Astronaut snaps giant red 'jellyfish' sprite over North America during upward-shooting lightning event ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ NASA astronaut Nichole Ayers captured an electrifying image of a giant lightning "sprite" shooting up over Mexico and southern U.S. states. The red "jellyfish" could help researchers learn more about this rare phenomenon. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 04 Jul 2025 14:36:51 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Weather]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Harry Baker ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/vddDo2o5WwSfYZTW7dbr4-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Nichole Ayers snapped a giant red sprite sprawling out over an upward-shotting bolt of lightning during a massive thunderstorm on July 3.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Close-up photo of the sprite over the lightning]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Rare colorful lightning caught on camera by ISS astronaut. 'OK, this is kind of out there' ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ NASA astronaut Don Pettit captured breathtaking video of a rare atmospheric phenomenon from his perch high above Earth on the International Space Station. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 08 Apr 2025 16:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Astronomy]]></category>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ brett.tingley@futurenet.com (Brett Tingley) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Brett Tingley ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/gif" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/G95BQRbv4SkUisyT8QU4iH-1280-80.gif">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Colorful sprites, or transient luminous events, flash above clouds in a video taken by NASA astronaut Don Pettit aboard the ISS.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[colorful flashes of lightning can be seen among dense clouds]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Spectacular photo taken from ISS shows 'gigantic jet' of upward-shooting lightning towering 50 miles over New Orleans ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ A newly unveiled astronaut photo shows a "gigantic jet" shooting upward from a thunderstorm above Louisiana in November 2024. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 04 Mar 2025 11:10:57 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 04 Mar 2025 16:11:12 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Harry Baker ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Am7gYrYDVvpotdg2vquq5F-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The &quot;gigantic jet&quot; was photographed by an unnamed astronaut on Nov. 19, 2024. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A zoomed-in photo showing the gigantic jet up close]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ New thunderstorms wider than Earth are spewing out green lightning on Jupiter — and could make one of the gas giant's massive bands disappear ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ A pair of massive thunderstorms have been spotted swirling in Jupiter's "South Equatorial Belt" and are likely unleashing massive bolts of green lightning. Some experts think the pale clouds could end up altering the rusty band's color — and potentially even making it "disappear." ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 10 Dec 2024 16:17:19 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Planets]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Harry Baker ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/3Ld8RHAPJy66yUviCjEQX-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Experts predict that two giant white thunderstorms (circled) could end up diluting the rusty brown color of Jupiter&#039;s Southern Equatorial Belt, which could make the region seemingly disappear.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A photo of Jupiter with two white storms (circled) in one of the planet&#039;s large brown bands]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Giant wildfires can create their own weather. Here's how. ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Wildfires can generate tornado-like fire whirls and other "unpredictable and erratic" weather. An atmospheric scientist explains how. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Kyle Hilburn ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/2CYqhpptDQ72tafSLbkQoQ-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A huge pyrocumulus cloud rises over the Park Fire near Chico, Calif., on July 26, 2024.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A cloud of smoke behind a suburban house]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Can static electricity cause a fire? ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ It's commonplace to get a jolt from static electricity. But does it have enough electrical charge to start a fire? ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sun, 03 Mar 2024 10:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:04:32 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Charles Q. Choi ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/RXkxLEQY6GpfeNPVkdgHJW-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Static electricity can trigger a fire at the gas pump, so be careful to touch metal or the car door with your hand before using the pump.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Firefighters in a fire protection suit wearing firefighter helmet with breathing device and holding fire hose is extinguishing a burning house fire that is putting off excessive heat and smoke.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Mysterious flashes on Venus may be a rain of meteors, new study suggests ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Bright flashes in the clouds of Venus once thought to be lightning strikes may have a cosmic origin. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Sharmila Kuthunur ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/icpjJm2UUBFeg97vbARzqd-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Eerie, ultra-detailed photo of a lightning 'sprite' exposes one of nature's least understood phenomena ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ An astronomer in Slovakia captured the rare luminous phenomenon as it briefly flashed in Earth's upper atmosphere during a thunderstorm. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 05 Sep 2023 16:22:48 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:02:27 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Harry Baker ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/agJjNjWidbsyvdvthC5ZWR-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Stanislav Kaniansky]]></media:credit>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Photographer captures rare 'gigantic jets' of upside-down lightning blasting out of Atlantic hurricane ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/weather/photographer-captures-rare-gigantic-jets-of-upside-down-lightning-blasting-out-of-atlantic-hurricane</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Gigantic jets, which are 50 times more powerful than typical lightning bolts and can reach the edge of space, were seen erupting out of Hurricane Franklin near Puerto Rico. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 31 Aug 2023 15:22:29 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:02:25 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Brandon Specktor ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/N3pNP9NPi4vJnG6i2gUSdg-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Frankie Lucena]]></media:credit>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ What happens if you get struck by lightning… and survive? ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/health/what-happens-if-you-get-struck-by-lightning-and-survive</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Lightning is terrifying, but it's not always deadly. Here's what it does to the human body. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sat, 15 Jul 2023 09:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:01:54 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Joanna Thompson ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/PcJyY9mrEYkAKbWToL9cNW-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[&quot;Once you get struck by lightning, you&#039;re not the same person,&quot; a lightning pathologist says.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A person hikes on a mountain as a lightning strike hits overhead against a dark blue sky.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Watch thousands of lightning bolts crackle over Europe in stunning new satellite video ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/weather/watch-thousands-of-lightning-bolts-crackle-over-europe-in-stunning-new-satellite-video</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Stunning first videos from a new space-borne instrument designed to improve the monitoring of thunderstorms show the crackle of lightning over Europe, Africa and the Atlantic Ocean. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 05 Jul 2023 21:06:57 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:01:49 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Tereza Pultarova ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/gif" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Tfpn57Zp4SuHXGMeDAAdkm-1280-80.gif">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Europe&#039;s new weather satellite Eumetsat-12 is the first capable of monitoring lightning activity above Europe.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Lightning crackles in the sky above the U.K. in first images from Europe&#039;s new weather satellite.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Tonga 2022 eruption triggered the most intense lightning storm ever recorded ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The plume generated during the 2022 Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai volcanic eruption in Tonga created the perfect conditions for a "supercharged" lightning storm. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 23 Jun 2023 13:49:33 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:01:42 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Kiley Price ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/y8FzWrL9vjX8wUrvzMWwaV-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The underwater Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha&#039;apai volcano eruption on Jan. 15, 2022.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[The underwater Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha&#039;apai volcano eruption on Jan. 15, 2022.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Electrifying time-lapse image captures 100 lightning bolts torching the sky over Turkey ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/weather/electrifying-time-lapse-image-captures-100-lightning-bolts-torching-the-sky-over-turkey</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ The photographer combined individual images collected over a 50-minute period during an intense thunderstorm in Turkey. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 20 Jun 2023 16:55:06 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:01:40 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Harry Baker ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/zGwMxtaHBeMaDRCSZWGaFB-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Uğur İkizler]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <media:description><![CDATA[Hundreds of lightning bolts illuminate the night sky during thunderstorm]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Hundreds of lightning bolts illuminate the night sky during thunderstorm]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Eerie ring of red light flashes like a massive UFO above Italy. What was it? ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ An enormous red halo of light flashed in the night sky above Italy before disappearing within milliseconds. It was likely caused by an electromagnetic pulse from a nearby thunderstorm. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 04 Apr 2023 17:11:47 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:00:58 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Harry Baker ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/iL7DQhNuHPJG9Va2K3bPdN-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Valter Binotto]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <media:description><![CDATA[A red ring of light appears to hang above an Italian town.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A red ring of light appears to hang above an Italian town.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Powerful laser blast used to control lightning for the first time ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/laser-controls-lightning</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ This is the first ever real-world demonstration of the effect ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2023 17:42:50 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:00:11 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ ben.turner@futurenet.com (Ben Turner) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Ben Turner ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/UH6dE4JbMCcaH2ECx54L8m-1280-80.jpeg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The infrared laser beam fishes for lightning in the sky above Switzerland&#039;s Säntis mountain.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[The infrared laser beam fishes for lightning in the sky above Switzerland&#039;s Säntis mountain.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Why does lightning zigzag? ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/why-lightning-zigzags</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ The characteristic zigzag pattern of lightning is caused by a highly conductive form of oxygen that builds up as the bolt travels toward the ground. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sat, 14 Jan 2023 10:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 13:40:16 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Tom Metcalfe ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/d7SL28x9R3cA3yDdTeestS-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Jure Batagelj / 500px via Getty Images]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <media:description><![CDATA[Multiple bolts of lightning strike ground and water along a coastline in Italy. The sky is dark blue.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Multiple bolts of lightning strike ground and water along a coastline in Italy. The sky is dark blue.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Rare, 'rule-breaking' quasicrystal found in chunk of 'fossilized' lightning ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/fulgurite-quasicrystal</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ A type of crystal that breaks the rules of ordinary crystallography has been found in a tube of melted sand from Nebraska. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2023 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 13:54:21 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Stephanie Pappas ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/co3cijSkytGB8tZDjpQGED-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Fused sand from lightning or a downed power line, known as a fulgurite. This fulgurite, found in Nebraska, holds a rare material known as a quasicrystal.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Fused sand from lightning or a downed power line, known as a fulgurite. This fulgurite, found in Nebraska, holds a rare material known as a quasicrystal.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Plant leaves spark with electricity during thunderstorms — and that could be altering our air quality in unpredictable ways ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ During thunderstorms, leaves from trees and other plants create mini electric discharges that can significantly alter the surrounding air quality. But researchers are unsure if this is beneficial or harmful. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 21 Oct 2022 13:43:36 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 12:03:10 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Harry Baker ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/4SnYexuW3BDSg2dxqfbJjD-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <media:description><![CDATA[Electrical discharges given off by the leaves of plants during a thunderstorm can significantly alter the surrounding air quality.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Electrical discharges given off by the leaves of plants during a thunderstorm can significantly alter the surrounding air quality.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Bizarre blue blobs hover in Earth's atmosphere in stunning astronaut photo. But what are they? ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/astronaut-blue-blob-pair-atmosphere</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ An astronaut onboard the ISS recently captured a peculiar image of Earth with two unrelated blue blobs of light shining in the planet's atmosphere. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 17 Oct 2022 14:16:20 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 13:51:48 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Harry Baker ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/fcdgtmoTEywP3d3Qr8N6YV-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <media:description><![CDATA[This photo taken from the ISS above the South China Sea on Oct. 30 2021 shows a pair of unrelated bright blue blobs in Earth&#039;s atmosphere.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[This photo taken from the ISS above the South China Sea on Oct. 30 2021 shows a pair of unrelated bright blue blobs in Earth&#039;s atmosphere.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 'Gigantic jet' that shot into space may be the most powerful lightning bolt ever detected ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/most-powerful-gigantic-jet-lightning-ever</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Scientists detected the most powerful gigantic jet lightning bolt — a lightning bolt that shoots up out of a cloud into the ionosphere — ever. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 11 Aug 2022 15:57:57 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 13:41:14 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Brandon Specktor ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/GJ5oSNN2RYobXcZjwudE3Z-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Chris Holmes]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Three sequential photos of a &#039;gigantic jet&#039; lightning bolt blasting out of the top of a cloud over Oklahoma, and shooting directly into space.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Three sequential photos of a &#039;gigantic jet&#039; lightning bolt blasting out of the top of a cloud over Oklahoma, and shooting directly into space.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Lightning strikes Artemis I mission's 'Mega Moon rocket' launch pad during tests ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The Artemis I mission's Mega Moon rocket was undergoing "wet" tests Saturday (April 2). ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 04 Apr 2022 13:57:08 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Wed, 14 Jan 2026 10:49:13 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Jeanna Bryner ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/gif" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/s3c4XEet3iZeFcbRZCxQCZ-1280-80.gif">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Lightning strikes the launchpad near the Mega Moon rocket]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Lightning strikes the launchpad near the Mega Moon rocket]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ What's the longest lightning bolt ever recorded? ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Lightning is one of the greatest natural forces on our planet. New mapping tools are revealing just how big it is. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 04 Apr 2022 13:44:53 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Thu, 31 Jul 2025 19:56:37 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Emma Bryce ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/pirG7rfu7h7pw4W3c585UF-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Lightning strikes light up the sky in Montevideo, Uruguay on Feb. 20, 2022.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Lightning strikes light up the sky in Montevideo, Uruguay on Feb. 20, 2022.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Ultra-fast electron rain is pouring out of Earth's magnetosphere, and scientists think they know why ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Scientists discovered the mechanism that causes electrons to 'downpour' into Earth's atmosphere. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 01 Apr 2022 14:46:25 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 13:39:48 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Brandon Specktor ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/i37FraaHQTpde35DNHLFUk-1280-80.jpeg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Zhang, et al., Nature Communications, 2022]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[An illustration showing the donut-shaped Van Allen radiation belts swirling around Earth, with electrons spiraling through them.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[An illustration showing the donut-shaped Van Allen radiation belts swirling around Earth, with electrons spiraling through them.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Tonga underwater volcano eruption shattered two records ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/tonga-volcano-eruption-record-breaking-lightning</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ The eruption triggered nearly 590,000 lightning strikes. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 23 Feb 2022 20:11:40 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 13:35:21 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Nicoletta Lanese ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/gif" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/cKnV6sK7uvYujwgh9zgZMh-1280-80.gif">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[NASA Earth Observatory images and video by Joshua Stevens, using data courtesy of Kristopher Bedka and Konstantin Khlopenkov/NASA Langley Research Center, and GOES-17 imagery courtesy of NOAA and the National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service (NESDIS)]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[This video clip shows the height of the volcanic plume generated by the underwater volcano known as Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha&#039;apai.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[video clip shows the height of the volcanic plume generated by an underwater volcano called  Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha‘apai ]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Lightning bolt breaks record for longest ever recorded ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Storms in the U.S. and Uruguay set new records for longest lightning bolt and longest-duration lightning flash. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 01 Feb 2022 23:18:41 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 14:53:43 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Stephanie Pappas ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/4V9efqWv6ynfs22oy8qo2W-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A lightning &quot;mapper&quot; on the GOES-16 satellite captured images of the megaflash lightning bolt on April 29, 2020, over the southeastern U.S. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A lightning &quot;mapper&quot; on the GOES-16 satellite captured images of the megaflash lightning bolt on April 29, 2020, over the southeastern U.S. ]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Did Benjamin Franklin really discover electricity with a kite and key? ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Here's what historians have to say about whether Benjamin Franklin really flew a kite tied to a key during a lightning storm. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 28 Dec 2021 12:00:04 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 16:56:34 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Jacklin Kwan ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/AsMcgqExXdWTgHUKq6v778-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[An artist&#039;s illustration of a kite with a key being struck by lightning.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[An artist&#039;s illustration of a kite with a key being struck by lightning]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ What if the speed of sound were as fast as the speed of light? ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/what-if-speed-of-sound-sped-up</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ The speed of light moves 1 million times faster than the speed of sound. What would happen if the speed of sound sped up to match it? ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sun, 28 Nov 2021 12:00:05 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 16:56:05 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Isobel Whitcomb ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/9x4ZakQtTLUNQrEtu6xSZG-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[ Enrique Díaz / 7cero via Getty Images]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Humans would be unlikely to survive the spectacular effects if the speed of sound was as fast as the speed of light.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[What would happen if the speed of sound was as fast as the speed of light?]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 7 solar system worlds where the weather is crazy ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ What's the weather like on other worlds? Expect methane rain, global haboobs and a 10,000-mile-wide hurricane. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 27 Apr 2021 13:37:35 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 15:21:09 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ jonathan.d.ocallaghan@gmail.com (Jonathan O&#039;Callaghan) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Jonathan O&#039;Callaghan ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/LjaNQq7CJNefvDP3Q8zuzP-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <media:description><![CDATA[mars dust storm]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[mars dust storm]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Billions of lightning bolts may have jump-started life on Earth, study suggests ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Lightning storms on early Earth may have given the planet enough phosphorus to craft the first DNA and RNA molecules, study suggests ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2021 16:51:37 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 15:19:31 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Brandon Specktor ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/DM9YMdGt25skQBziebK5BU-1280-80.jpeg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Lucy Entwisle]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[An artist&#039;s rendition of the early Earth environment. Lightning generated by storms and volcanic plumes frequently strikes volcanic rocks. The lightning strikes create fulgurites which contain phosphorus in a form that can be dissolved in water and concentrate in waters like volcanic ponds. Here, the phosphorus is able to form biomolecules which help lead to the emergence of life.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[An artist&#039;s rendition of the early Earth environment. Lightning generated by storms and volcanic plumes frequently strikes volcanic rocks. The lightning strikes create fulgurites which contain phosphorus in a form that can be dissolved in water and concentrate in waters like volcanic ponds. Here, the phosphorus is able to form biomolecules which help lead to the emergence of life.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Rare red sprite and blue jet create otherworldly light show above Hawaii ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ A camera at an observatory in Hawaii captured a red sprite and a blue jet in the same frame. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2021 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 16:58:24 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Stephanie Pappas ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/vup377MPPJfsSCrSQX2kQc-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <media:description><![CDATA[This otherworldly image, captured by a camera on a telescope at Maunakea, shows two lightning phenomenon: a red sprite and a blue jet.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[This otherworldly image, captured by a camera on a telescope at Maunakea, shows two lightning phenomenon: a red sprite and a blue jet.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Video catches split second before intense lightning strike ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Scientists captured high-speed footage of the moment before lightning strikes. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2021 21:01:33 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 13:35:53 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Nicoletta Lanese ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/gif" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Ryef4KyzurQXGPJ9tPUrYL-1280-80.gif">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Jiang et al/Geophysical Research Letters/AGU]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Caught on high-speed video, lightning streamers of opposite polarity approach and connect in this sequence of video frames, slowed by more than 10,000-fold. The common streamer zone appears in the last two frames before the whiteout of the lightning flash. This lasted about 0.00003 seconds at full speed.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Caught on high-speed video, lightning streamers of opposite polarity approach and connect in this sequence of video frames, slowed by more than 10,000-fold. The common streamer zone appears in the last two frames before the whiteout of the lightning flash. This lasted about 0.00003 seconds at full speed]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Upward-shooting 'blue jet' lightning spotted from International Space Station ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The phenomenon can be difficult to observe from the ground below. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 22 Jan 2021 18:51:18 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 13:35:46 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Nicoletta Lanese ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/PwkxNaKXinbfaiSsTJFjKV-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[European Space Agency]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <media:description><![CDATA[An illustration of a blue jet observed from the ISS]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[An illustration of a blue jet observed from the ISS]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 'Superbolts' are real, and they flash up to 1,000 times brighter than regular lightning ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Scientists recently calculated the power of so-called superbolts — brighter-than-average lightning strikes. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Mindy Weisberger ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/aikexsLkExJpVXBwgN6UhE-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[So-called superbolts are at least 100 times brighter than ordinary lighting, but can be more than 1,000 times brighter.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[So-called superbolts are at least 100 times brighter than ordinary lighting, but can be more than 1,000 times brighter.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Lightning killed 2 giraffes in South Africa: Were they doomed by their height? ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ After two dead giraffes were discovered in a South African nature reserve, scientists determined that the animals had been struck by lightning. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Mindy Weisberger ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/JouT2ggixzmedkGQZ78wGk-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Giraffes&#039; exceptional height may increase their vulnerability to lightning.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Giraffes&#039; exceptional height may increase their vulnerability to lightning.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ The electric hum of life may have originated with primordial lightning ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ A low-frequency hum in our cells syncs may have synced with ancient sky bolts. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2020 14:59:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 16:54:37 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ marakjg@gmail.com (Mara Johnson-Groh) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Mara Johnson-Groh ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/9CAiovmAopC7ymvpuAmAFV-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 400-mile-long lightning bolt over Brazil is biggest in recorded history ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ A lightning bolt that traveled 440 miles across the sky of southern Brazil in 2018 has been confirmed as the biggest in history. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2020 17:24:07 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 14:34:34 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Brandon Specktor ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/RMoaVYxEXiFjCsVE6bqF7X-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A megaflash crackles over Porto Alegre, Brazil.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A megaflash crackles over Porto Alegre, Brazil.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Lightning Bolts Create Glowing Auroral 'Elves' and Brilliant Gamma-Ray Flashes ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Dark fluffy thunderclouds don't just fuel dramatic storms, they also produce some of the most energetic flashes of light on the planet. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 13 Dec 2019 12:00:41 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 16:57:17 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ ysaplakoglu@livescience.com (Yasemin Saplakoglu) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Yasemin Saplakoglu ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/T7mKsHZCq8Mg5MbFSkyDQm-1280-80.png">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[In 2015, astronaut Andreas Mogensen snapped this photo of a thunderstorm from the International Space Station.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[In 2015, astronaut Andreas Mogensen snapped this photo of a thunderstorm from the International Space Station.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Lightning Strikes Almost Killed the Apollo 12 Mission ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The launch sparked two lightning strikes that disrupted critical rocket systems. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 13 Dec 2019 12:00:02 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 15:17:42 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Mindy Weisberger ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/t8cnH56vpM3DyNQqSaN3eW-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Here, an image of the launch-triggered lightning that struck the Apollo 12 rocket.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[an image of lightning striking apollo 12]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ What Is St. Elmo's Fire? ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ A fire that doesn't burn and a lightning bolt that doesn't strike, St. Elmo's fire has intrigued explorers for millennia. Only recently did scientists come to see the phenomenon for what it is: the workings of the subatomic world made visible. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 26 Nov 2019 19:20:26 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 16:57:10 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Charlie Wood ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/gWWwNr3vttDCYCQaujr5JS-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[St. Elmo&#039;s fire seen at night. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[St. Elmo&#039;s fire seen at night. ]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ So Much of the Arctic Is on Fire, You Can See It From Space ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Wildfires burning large swaths of Russia are generating so much smoke, they're visible from space, new  images from NASA's Earth Observatory reveal. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 25 Jul 2019 10:55:55 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 15:26:00 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ lgeggel@livescience.com (Laura Geggel) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Laura Geggel ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/UbbrcDuuFBzm7CLCKgN3fC-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Wildfires are burning in 11 regions across the Russian Arctic. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Arctic Fires]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Lightning Strikes and Kills Motorcyclist. Why Rubber Tires Didn't Protect Him. ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Here's why a motorcycle's rubber tires didn't protect the rider when lightning struck. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 11 Jun 2019 11:22:10 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 15:26:41 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ lgeggel@livescience.com (Laura Geggel) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Laura Geggel ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/m9D5M5c4wWZDhkWgvNKbcW-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Exploding Stars May Have Put Humanity on Two Feet ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/65579-supernovas-upright-walking.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Is there a cosmic origin for human bipedalism? ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 28 May 2019 21:12:37 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 06 Aug 2019 22:23:27 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Mindy Weisberger ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/KH7Y9mKGaccPU8xzEG6Y8h-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Stars that end their lives in massive explosions called supernovas violently spew elements and debris into space.]]></media:description>                                                    </media:content>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ A Single Thundercloud Carries 1 Billion Volts of Electricity ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ A single thundercloud is more powerful than even the most potent nuclear plants on Earth. Scientists used cosmic rays to prove it. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Brandon Specktor ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/K37yGv9YD8bGerKCnVaAWk-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ A Field Covered in Dead, Headless Reindeer and Poop Is Teaching Us About the Circle of Life ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Scavengers are helping transform a grim landscape in Norway ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Yasemin Saplakoglu ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/45S5tWKAyKCk9fhU3RHAbk-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[This photo, taken in 2016, shows the field of reindeer carcasses shortly after they were struck by lightning.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[reindeer-herd-dead-lightning]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Plasma Scientists Created Invisible, Whooping 'Whistlers' in a Lab ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The strange radio bursts usually circle the Earth like electromagnetic ghosts, but scientists have now created and studied their shapes in a plasma chamber on Earth. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 15 Aug 2018 12:39:32 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Wed, 14 Jan 2026 10:50:39 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Rafi Letzter ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/FEvTx6ruWfYMMsuSDVSaYY-1280-80.png">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A lightning strike is visible in a photo taken from the International Space Station.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A lightning strike is visible in a photo taken from the International Space Station.]]></media:text>
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