There are trillions of charged particles—protons and electrons, the basic building blocks of matter—whizzing around above ...

Witness the beauty and science behind Earth's rarest light shows. Join us as we delve into transient luminous events and uncover the secrets they hold about our atmosphere's hidden dynamics.

One of the ways to disturb electrons in the inner radiation belt and kick them into Earth’s atmosphere actually begins in the atmosphere itself. Lightning, the large electromagnetic discharges ...

It's a stunning location, but also home to a unique meteorological phenomenon and a storm chaser's dream - the Catatumbo lightning. With most experts estimating that lightning strikes occur ...

One of the ways to disturb electrons in the inner radiation belt and kick them into Earth’s atmosphere actually begins in the atmosphere itself. Lightning, the large electromagnetic discharges that ...

At any moment, there are as many as 1,800 thunderstorms in progress somewhere on earth and each is producing deadly lightning. Lightning detection systems in the U.S. see an average of 25 million ...