Lightning has captured people's fascination for millennia. It's embedded in mythology, religion and popular culture. Think of ...

As particles rub together from wind friction in a thunderstorm, the charges separate and static electricity develops. The negative charges or electrons separate to the bottom of the thunderstorm, ...

Scientists have long understood why lightning forms, but the atomic processes at the core of the phenomenon have remained largely a mystery—especially the strange mechanics behind terrestrial ...

Four people died from lighting strikes in Florida last year, and it also injures many more people than it kills. Here's how ...

A thunderstorm with cloud to ground lightning rages during the day in China on July 21, 2025. CREDIT: Photo by Liu Wei/Xinhua via Getty Images. Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs ...

Florida's distinction as the lightning capital of the U.S. is determined in part by the data Vaisala collects across the ...