We still don't fully understand what triggers lightning. A new study suggests that showers of cosmic rays may be the missing ...

A Stanford study shows that tiny electrical charges in water droplets caused reactions that developed organic matter from ...

Researchers decades ago proposed that lightning caused chemical reactions in ancient Earth’s oceans and spontaneously produced the organic molecules. Now, new research published March 14 in the ...

A SpaceX spacecraft carrying four astronauts is on a pioneering journey circling Earth over its poles after launching Monday ...

A new artificial intelligence (AI) model developed by Israeli researchers promises to revolutionize wildfire prediction, with ...

Two astrophotographers captured breathtaking video of over 105 red sprites over Tibet during a massive thunderstorm.

Scientists have revealed a hidden trigger of lightning that could resolve a centuries-old weather mystery. Earth is struck by ...

Cosmic rays may play a role in triggering lightning on Earth, a new study suggests. | Credit: Jan Drahokoupil / 500px / Getty Images Cosmic rays may offer an out-of-this-world answer to a long ...

New research suggests “microlightning” exchanges among water droplets in Earth’s early atmosphere may have sparked the ...