We’re always looking to harvest energy from diverse, nominally “free” sources such as wind, water, solar, and even less-dense possibilities such as vibration and friction. Then there are lightning ...

In a world first, Japanese researchers flew a lightning-proof drone in a thunderstorm, using it to induce and direct natural lightning strikes. The team is now working on how this flying lightning rod ...

In a small lab at Penn State University, lightning may be happening on a scale smaller than a deck of cards. Victor Pasko, a ...

Lightning is one of the most awe-inspiring atmospheric phenomenon, but there are some types of lightning that you have ...

NASA’s Juno spacecraft passed north-to-south (yellow track) over Jupiter’s atmosphere on August 17, 2022, detecting a cluster ...

Let’s talk about the science behind those bright flashes of lightning across the sky. Storm Clouds. Thunderstorm clouds have ...

An overlooked mechanism lets energy from lightning reach the highest layers of the atmosphere, where it could threaten the safety of satellites and astronauts. When lightning occurs, the energy it ...

Lightning on Jupiter might pack a punch far stronger than anything seen on Earth, up to one million times more powerful. This ...

In September 2025, Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry signed executive order “Louisiana Lightning Speed Initiative,” establishing a “Comprehensive Strategic Statewide Plan” that makes way for industrial ...