How is lightning initiated in thunderclouds? This is difficult to answer – how do you measure electric fields inside large, dangerously charged clouds? It was discovered, more or less by coincidence, ...

Thunderstorms give out powerful blasts of gamma rays and x-rays, shooting beams of particles—and even antimatter—into space. The atmosphere is a stranger place than we ever imagined Soon after the ...

"Thunderclouds," out today (Aug. 9) is the third original single from LSD, following "Genius" and "Audio." It's a steady song from start to finish that catches a few vibes as it slithers down the… By ...

How is lightning initiated in thunderclouds? This is difficult to answer—how do you measure electric fields inside large, dangerously charged clouds? It was discovered, more or less by coincidence, ...

Labrinth, Sia and Diplo, known together as LSD, rules Billboard & Clio's Top TV Commercials chart for August 2018, thanks to the runaway success of their new single "Thunderclouds." By Kevin ...

A group of scientists say they successfully steered bolts of lightning using laser technology during a storm in Switzerland, demonstrating a potential new method to protect infrastructure from ...

As well as producing spectacular lightning shows, thunderclouds can also sometimes emit strange long-lasting bursts of gamma rays. Now, a group of researchers in Japan claims to have the best evidence ...

The wildfires currently tearing through Australia aren’t just unprecedented—they’re catastrophic, as one fire researcher put it. Climate change and fierce heat waves have dried the landscape into ...

Intense fires have the power to generate dirty thunderclouds that may be influencing the climate, scientists have discovered. Like volcanoes, the dirty, fire-induced thunderstorms, or pyrocumulonimbus ...

Scientists have uncovered a mysterious phenomenon which casts new light on our understanding of lightning and could potentially reveal a new mechanism behind what causes these electrical discharges.

How is lightning initiated in thunderclouds? This is difficult to answer -- how do you measure electric fields inside large, dangerously charged clouds? It was discovered, more or less by coincidence, ...