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ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (News-Press NOW) — With all thunderstorms comes lightning. Of the various types of lightning, one that meteorologists monitor closely is cloud-to-ground lightning. Here’s how it works: ...

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A particle accelerator was used to create lightning in a bottle by charging a spinning acrylic tube with high-energy ...

Lightning’s role in making nitrogen available for life on Earth may have been relatively short-lived, according to a new study led by researchers at the University of St Andrews Centre for Exoplanet ...

Lightning is one of the most powerful phenomena on Earth, with some strikes exceeding temperatures at the Sun’s surface and ferrying 300 million volt shocks. But scientists have discovered an even ...

A team from the University of Florida's International Center for Lightning Research and Testing triggered strikes by firing rockets trailing grounded wires into storm clouds The induced lightning hit ...

Groundbreaking new research by geologists at the University of Leeds has found a link between lightning strikes and the origins of life on Earth. Until now, scientists have agreed the key ingredients ...