The first clear crackle of Martian lightning has finally reached human ears, captured by a microphone bolted to a rover ...

Last week, we explored whether light is a wave or a particle... and were left with more questions than answers. Now, let’s take a look at how one of nature’s flashiest phenomena can affect another ...

GREENVILLE, N.C. (WNCT) — A typical flash of lightning contains 300 million volts of electricity and is hotter than the surface of the sun. So how do 9 out of 10 people survive being struck? A ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. — According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), lightning strikes the United States about 25 million times a year. Lightning is most common during the summer, ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - With so many people being impacted by just one lightning strike Tuesday, we asked experts about some of the science behind lightning. The National Weather Service says that ...

The exact recipe for how life got started on Earth – and whether it’s appeared on other planets too – are some of the most profound mysteries of science. Now, scientists have found that lightning ...

David Pogue is a six-time Emmy winner for his stories on "CBS Sunday Morning," where he's been a correspondent since 2002. Pogue hosts the CBS News podcast "Unsung Science." He's also a New York Times ...

MISSOULA. Mont. — Thunderstorms have been developing each afternoon across western Montana, and some of them produced plenty of lightning. In the video above, Meteorologist Mitchel Coombs breaks down ...

CHICAGO — More than electricity can illuminate a thundercloud. Brilliant bursts of gamma radiation, known as dark lightning or terrestrial gamma-ray flashes, also explode in lightning storms. And on ...