We still don't fully understand what triggers lightning. A new study suggests that showers of cosmic rays may be the missing ...

A Stanford study shows that tiny electrical charges in water droplets caused reactions that developed organic matter from ...

This has earned the phenomenon the nickname "Earth's tallest lightning," according to Spaceweather.com. However, the exact height of the newly photographed bolt is unclear. Gigantic jets are also ...

But the origins of life on Earth might have been home grown. A team of geologists discovered that lightning strikes here on our planet can form schreibersite. That means the “emergence of life is not ...

One of the ways to disturb electrons in the inner radiation belt and kick them into Earth's atmosphere actually begins in the ...