Mini-lightning strikes created by whirling dust devils on Mars have been detected accidentally by the microphone on board the Perseverance rover. The chance discovery is direct evidence of a form of ...

The Perseverance rover on Mars has serendipitously recorded sounds and electromagnetic signals that are characteristic of lightning in dust storms. Daniel Mitchard is at the Lightning Laboratory, ...

TAMPA BAY – The Tampa Bay Lightning and Scripps Sports announced today where game broadcasts will be available for the 2025-26 season. New, expanded Bolts broadcasts will now be available to all ...

Weather patterns channeling moisture into the state have led to an abundance of lightning strikes that have ignited hundreds of wildfires. By Amy Graff Amy Graff is a San Francisco-based reporter on ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Lightning is as beautiful as it is deadly. It also passes gas. Well ...

A lightning flash that extended 515 miles from eastern Texas to near Kansas City, Missouri, in 2017 was recognized Thursday as a new world record. The flash — dubbed a "megaflash," or a single ...

A Penn State-led research team has unraveled the long-standing mystery of how lightning begins inside thunderclouds. Their findings offer the first quantitative, physics-based explanation for ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. There’s regular lightning and then there’s megaflash lightning ...

An enormous, 515-mile-long flash of lightning that crossed at least three states has been named the longest in recorded history in the world. The 2017 “megaflash” stretched from eastern Texas to near ...

A lightning bolt stretching 515 miles (829 km) from eastern Texas to near Kansas City has set a terrifying new record as the longest single lightning flash ever recorded. There are only two places on ...

Lightning is a familiar sight in stormy skies, but a new report has revealed just how far some bolts can travel — in one case, more than 500 miles. That astonishing bolt sparked to life in eastern ...

A lightning “mega-flash” over the US Great Plains region stretching 829 kilometres, or around 515 miles, has been identified as the longest on record. The flash spanned five states, ranging from ...