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

While the International Space Station (ISS) was orbiting above South America, Pettit recorded what are known as Transient ...

Lightning is a spectacular natural phenomenon that has fascinated humans for centuries. However, not all lightning is the ...

While previous studies say volcanic or atmospheric lightning may have triggered chemical reactions that created organic ...

New research suggests “microlightning” exchanges among water droplets in Earth’s early atmosphere may have sparked the ...

But real lightning would have struck infrequently—and mostly in open ocean, where organic compounds would have quickly ...

New international pollution laws may have helped researchers discover an unexpected way to stop lightning strikes.

We have heard the saying: 'April showers brings May flowers.' This proverb leaves out the critical role of lightning.

Researchers decades ago proposed that lightning caused chemical reactions in ancient Earth’s oceans and spontaneously produced the organic molecules. Now, new research published March 14 in the ...

Cosmic rays may play a role in triggering lightning on Earth, a new study suggests. | Credit: Jan Drahokoupil / 500px / Getty Images Cosmic rays may offer an out-of-this-world answer to a long ...