It's safe to say that most of us have seen lightning here on Earth plenty of times – some of us have even been struck by it. But the natural phenomenon is one all but a few select individuals will ...
NASA astronaut Nichole Ayers captured this image of lightning while orbiting aboard the International Space Station more than ...
The energy needed for thunderstorms could come from an avalanche of electrons seeded by extraterrestrial cosmic rays, a new study claims. Scientists already knew that lightning is an electrical ...
Check out this sky show from outer space! Those bright flashes you see are lightning bolts, one after the other. NASA astronaut Reid Wiseman shot this video from the International Space Station and ...
Demonstration of statistical analysis for 3D polarization results with the initial 23 μs of Flash 1 (19:52:38). (a) Orientation distribution in AZ (−180°–180°) and ZE (0°–90°) for random pairs of 2D ...
In a rare sight, lightning struck the Seattle Space Needle on Monday. The Space Needle Twitter account shared a short video showing the thunderous strike.
In May 2025, astronauts Nichole Ayers and Anne McClain posted photos on X of lightning roiling far, far beneath them. The photos were captured at speeds of 120 frames per second, with the depicted ...
It's safe to say that most of us have seen lightning here on Earth plenty of times – some of us have even been struck by it. But the natural phenomenon is one all but a few select individuals will ...