WE constantly find allusions in ancient classical authors, to lightning and thunder occurring in a clear sky. The former is often explained as referring to the phenomenon commonly known as ...
Powerful lightning strikes pose a significant threat to buildings and people, but imagine if it were possible to control and direct them with a laser beam. Nature Photonics spoke to Jérôme ...
Researchers from USTC have uncovered how convection intensity drives corona discharges at thunderstorm cloud tops. A research ...
Despite hundreds more sightings since then, scientists have struggled to explain the exact nature of ball lightning, leading some to question whether it is real, an optical illusion, or even a ...
It is five times hotter than the sun and turns sand to glass in an instant It can shoot 80 kilometres up above storm clouds And it may even have provided the original spark that created life ...
Lightning is a powerful and seemingly mysterious force of nature, capable of releasing huge amounts of energy over relatively short times and striking almost at random. Lightning obeys the laws of ...