Organized by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and other partners, Lightning Safety Awareness Week is held the last full week of June each year. Lightning is one of the ...

Why will a lightning bolt sometimes strike a low ... With the help of funding from National Geographic, he retrofitted the beast, replacing the film technology with extremely sensitive digital ...

They're 1,000 times stronger and brighter than average lightning, and scientists have ... an atmospheric scientist at Los Alamos National Laboratory who was not involved in the new study.