For most of human history, people have been terrified by lightning. Frightening bolts from above, lightning was a tool of the gods to smite mortals for their hubris (or their unfortunate penchant for ...

As anyone who's ever witnessed a bolt of lightning streaking through the sky knows, the air around us can be filled with an astonishing amount of energy. A new study shows that some of this energy can ...

An overlooked mechanism lets energy from lightning reach the highest layers of the atmosphere, where it could threaten the safety of satellites and astronauts. When lightning occurs, the energy it ...

This new method doesn't require a lot of energy, nor does it need any fossil fuels or expensive raw material, and it has a significantly lower environmental impact – the latter being hugely important ...

Lightning is a spark of electricity caused by imbalances in the atmosphere between clouds and the air or the ground. It is formed from a cumulonimbus cloud, which is created when there is enough ...

Ford and Duke Energy are planning to use F-150 Lightning batteries as backup energy storage to conserve energy use on the grid. Duke Energy, one of the largest utility companies with over 7.4 million ...

LOVELAND, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Lightning eMotors, a leading provider of commercial zero-emission vehicles for fleets, has named a new head of its Lightning Energy division and a new vice president ...

Researchers from Los Alamos National Laboratory have discovered that cosmic-ray showers seem to play a pivotal role in triggering lightning flashes. The research is published in the journal JGR ...