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Lightning bolt breaks record for longest ever recordedStorms in the U.S. and Uruguay set new records for longest lightning bolt and longest-duration lightning flash.
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Did Benjamin Franklin really discover electricity with a kite and key?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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What if the speed of sound were as fast as the speed of light?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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7 solar system worlds where the weather is crazyWhat's the weather like on other worlds? Expect methane rain, global haboobs and a 10,000-mile-wide hurricane.
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Billions of lightning bolts may have jump-started life on Earth, study suggestsLightning 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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Rare red sprite and blue jet create otherworldly light show above HawaiiA camera at an observatory in Hawaii captured a red sprite and a blue jet in the same frame.
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Video catches split second before intense lightning strikeScientists captured high-speed footage of the moment before lightning strikes.
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Upward-shooting 'blue jet' lightning spotted from International Space StationThe phenomenon can be difficult to observe from the ground below.
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'Superbolts' are real, and they flash up to 1,000 times brighter than regular lightningScientists recently calculated the power of so-called superbolts — brighter-than-average lightning strikes.
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