With summer approaching, the threat of thunderstorms is becoming more likely.

In a small lab at Penn State University, lightning may be happening on a scale smaller than a deck of cards. Victor Pasko, a professor of electrical engineering, and his team have shown that under ...

Inside a thunderstorm, warm air is forced upward in a strong updraft. As the air rises, ice and water particles collide inside the cloud, creating electrical charges. Those collisions build up ...

Researchers at Stony Brook University may have captured lightning in a bottle — or at least explained one of the theories of how it is created. Working with researchers in Spain and China, Stony Brook ...

IT STRIKES. WELL, TODAY WE’RE TALKING ABOUT LIGHTNING SAFETY. AND I KNOW THIS IS SUCH A COMMON OCCURRENCE HERE IN MARYLAND, YET I STILL THINK THERE’S A LOT OF MYTHS AROUND IT. SO LET’S TALK ABOUT HOW ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Thundersnow is possible, but it is pretty rare. The reason has to do with the conditions needed for lightning to form in a system. Summer storms and winter storms have ...