A newly unveiled astronaut photo shows a "gigantic jet" shooting upward from a thunderstorm above Louisiana in November 2024.

It is one of the rarest atmospheric phenomena that occurs.Astronauts on board the International Space Station (ISS) have ...

They also have the potential to be more damaging, because in an upward flash, lightning remains in contact with a structure for longer than it does during a downward flash, giving it more time to ...

A rare gigantic jet of lightning was photographed from the ISS, showcasing a massive electrical discharge over New Orleans.

"The tops of this [upward directed lightning] are around 75-80km [47-50 miles], boarding on the fringes of space." ...

Lightning never strikes the same place twice” is a common idiom to mean that unusual events don’t happen to the same person ...