A thunderstorm with cloud to ground lightning rages during the day in China on July 21, 2025. CREDIT: Photo by Liu Wei/Xinhua via Getty Images. Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs ...

Tiny sparks inside Martian dust clouds have just rewritten what scientists thought they knew about the Red Planet’s weather.

On a cold, thin-aired world where sound barely carries, a NASA rover has picked up something that should not be possible: the ...

A cloud resembling a tornado was spotted north of Las Vegas on Friday night, September 5, as a lightning storm rolled through the area, though there is no confirmation that a tornado was forming in ...

ORLANDO, Fla. – Lightning is one of nature’s most electrifying spectacles—literally. According to the National Weather Service, thunderstorms form when key ingredients—moisture, instability and ...

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - As a tropical system moves across southeast Louisiana, it’s not just the rain that has residents on alert, it’s the lightning. Public pools across the metro area, including the ...

ATLANTA — Lightning: It's fast, it's ferocious, and it's a common reality of summertime here in the south. In north Georgia, there is a nearly daily pattern of pop-up storms throughout the warmest ...

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 ...

The major headline for much of the United States right now is dangerous heat, which according to the National Weather Service, is one of the deadliest weather events annually in the United States.

STILL BELOW THE SEASONAL NORMALS. HERE’S A PICTURE SHARED BY OUR I.T. MANAGER, GREG RINGEL OF YESTERDAY’S SKIES. QUITE INTERESTING WEATHER YESTERDAY AS A FEW STORMS SLIPPED IN DOWN THE FOOTHILLS AND ...