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

A new study suggests that microscopic lightning bolts—called microlightning—within water droplets may have helped forge the very first amino acids on Earth. The research revives and reimagines one of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An electrical storm off the coast of Byron Bay, Australia. The changing sky dazzles with a natural light show of lightning bolts ...

In the 1931 movie “Frankenstein,” Dr. Henry Frankenstein howling his triumph was an electrifying moment in more ways than one. As massive bolts of lightning and energy crackled, Frankenstein’s monster ...

Every year lightning strikes cause a lot of damage — with the high-voltage discharges being a major risk to buildings, infrastructure, and the continued existence of squishy bags of mostly salty water ...