The ER-2 aircraft was able to fly into thunderstorms to make observations that could help scientists better predict when storms could turn severe.

Thunderstorms in the tropics are literally radioactive, according to a team of researchers that recently used a retrofitted spy plane to survey the phenomena. The team’s research was published ...

NASA sent a retired Cold War spy plane on a storm-chasing mission, and it discovered that big thunderstorms are very radioactive. Large thunderstorms produce so much gamma radiation that the ...

Thunderstorms create a lot of wind, rain, and lightning, but many people aren’t necessarily aware of another common byproduct: gamma radiation. Thanks to a creative retrofit of an old U-2 spy ...

Scientists Use Cold War-Era Spy Plane to Find Unexpected Gamma Rays in Thunderstorms The new findings bring storm researchers one step closer to solving the mystery of how lightning forms ...

The ER-2 aircraft was able to fly into thunderstorms to make observations that could help scientists better predict when storms could turn severe.