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February 27, 20263 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAmNASA spots new signs of lightning on MarsTwo NASA spacecraft—the MAVEN orbiter and the Perseverance rover—have now…

Melania Trump took the stage at Washington’s recently renamed Trump-Kennedy Center on Thursday night and singled out one member of the audience.“I would like to thank…

November 26, 20253 min readMars Has Lightning, Scientists ProveThe presence of electrical activity has implications for surface chemistry, future human exploration and habitability on the Red…

A 515-mile (829km) lightning flash has set a new record as the longest ever identified.The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) confirmed the new world record for the…

A reappraisal of satellite data from 2017 revealed that a thunderstorm over the Great Plains produced a 515-mile lightning flash, the longest ever recorded. As science…

515-Mile-Long Lightning Megaflash Sets New World RecordA lighting flash that spanned from East Texas to an area near Kansas City in 2017 is officially the longest…

A new study finds that lightning kills some 320 million trees around the world each year, more than was previously thought. And that figure could rise…

Ander Gillenea / AFP / GettyA recortador performs with a bull in the Plaza de Toros bullring during a show on the sixth day of the…

In August 2019, something bizarre happened in the Far North: A massive thunderstorm produced more than a thousand flashes of lightning, including a record-breaking bolt that…