Physicists have long known how lightning ends, in a blinding discharge that can heat air hotter than the surface of the Sun, but the precise trigger that starts a bolt inside a cloud has remained ...

IT STRIKES. WELL, TODAY WE’RE TALKING ABOUT LIGHTNING SAFETY. AND I KNOW THIS IS SUCH A COMMON OCCURRENCE HERE IN MARYLAND, YET I STILL THINK THERE’S A LOT OF MYTHS AROUND IT. SO LET’S TALK ABOUT HOW ...

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Thunder is one of nature’s most dramatic sounds, accompanying brilliant flashes of lightning during a storm. But what causes this rumbling roar in the sky? To understand thunder, we must first explore ...

Each year in the United States, lightning strikes an average of 300 people. A direct hit by a bolt of lightning kills about 50 people per year. Those who survive a lightning strike – with temperatures ...