Latest about lightning
Billions of lightning bolts may have jump-started life on Earth, study suggests
Lightning storms on early Earth may have given the planet enough phosphorus to craft the first DNA and RNA molecules, study suggests
Rare red sprite and blue jet create otherworldly light show above Hawaii
A camera at an observatory in Hawaii captured a red sprite and a blue jet in the same frame.
Video catches split second before intense lightning strike
Scientists captured high-speed footage of the moment before lightning strikes.
Upward-shooting 'blue jet' lightning spotted from International Space Station
The phenomenon can be difficult to observe from the ground below.
'Superbolts' are real, and they flash up to 1,000 times brighter than regular lightning
Scientists recently calculated the power of so-called superbolts — brighter-than-average lightning strikes.
Lightning killed 2 giraffes in South Africa: Were they doomed by their height?
After two dead giraffes were discovered in a South African nature reserve, scientists determined that the animals had been struck by lightning.
The electric hum of life may have originated with primordial lightning
A low-frequency hum in our cells syncs may have synced with ancient sky bolts.
400-mile-long lightning bolt over Brazil is biggest in recorded history
A lightning bolt that traveled 440 miles across the sky of southern Brazil in 2018 has been confirmed as the biggest in history.
