A single lightning strike in New South Wales, Australia unleashed a stunning chain reaction, rupturing a gas line, bursting a ...

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 ...

New data from NASA’s almost-retired Juno orbiter has revealed that lightning bolts on Jupiter are significantly more powerful than previously thought.

It lit up the Long Island sky. A 10-mile long bolt of lightning caused quite a spectacle when it appeared in the sky over Bayport, Long Island Wednesday night. The natural wonder illuminated the sky ...

A photojournalist captured a lightning strike near the Sanibel Causeway on August 16. The photographer used a long exposure to create a time-lapse effect of the storm. Challenges included shooting at ...

Wow, talk about a serious flash. A single lightning bolt that lasted seven seconds and stretched 515 miles across five U.S. states has set a new world record for the longest flash ever recorded.

Mars is a very dry planet with very little water in its atmosphere and hardly any clouds, so you might not expect it to have ...

A security camera in north central Wisconsin captured the dramatic moment when a bolt of lightning struck a white pine tree on Sept. 9, causing a fire that prompted neighbors to spring into action. A ...