There are trillions of charged particles—protons and electrons, the basic building blocks of matter—whizzing around above ...

Did you know that lightning strikes the Earth about 100 times every single second? ⚡️ Discover some electrifying facts that ...

It's a stunning location, but also home to a unique meteorological phenomenon and a storm chaser's dream - the Catatumbo lightning. With most experts estimating that lightning strikes occur ...

Lightning strikes are common in India during heavy monsoon rains. More than 100 people in northern India have been killed by dozens of lightning strikes across two states in recent days, officials ...

On Earth, they come from lightning, nuclear explosions and radioactive decay. In space, they’re thought to originate from a star exploding as a supernova or from two dense neutron stars—the ...

Last year, AEM’s Earth Networks Total Lightning Network® detected over 459 million lightning pulses within 80 million lightning flashes across the U.S., a 17.7% decrease from 2023. The report ...