Lightning

Green Impact Thunderquakes turn storms into a new tool for imaging underground hazards

Penn State researchers used seismic signals from thunder to map weak rock and karst features as deep as 100 meters beneath campus.

Discoveries New discovery reinvents how lightning is formed Joshua Shavit

Discoveries Scientists finally explain how lightning forms inside storm clouds Shy Cohen

Space Martian dust storms crackle with ‘mini lightning,’ revealing a hidden electric Mars Joseph Shavit

Innovations A glass bead and a green laser helps scientists observe lightning form in real time Joshua Shavit

Discoveries Gamma-rays trigger lightning and alter atmospheric chemistry