In a flash, a single lightning bolt lit up the sky across three states in the Great Plains. On Thursday, after careful ...

Scientists July 31 announced the discovery of the world's longest lightning flash ever detected – a whopping 515-mile-long ...

Using archival satellite data, researchers just officially confirmed the length of this enormous bolt of lightning that ...

An enormous, 515-mile-long flash of lightning that crossed at least three states has been named the longest in recorded ...

Lightning is one of the greatest natural forces on our planet. New mapping tools are revealing just how big it is.

Lightning is a familiar sight in stormy skies, but a new report has revealed just how far some bolts can travel — in one case ...

NOAA’s GOES-16 satellite detects around one million lightning flashes per day from its perch high above the Earth. It is the ...

"This new record clearly demonstrates the incredible power of the natural environment," professor Randall Cerveny said.

The World Meteorological Organization reported that a megaflash has set a new world record for lightning discharge distance.

A lightning "megaflash" that zipped across five U.S. states has set a new record for the longest ever detected.

A lightning megaflash that spanned 515 miles from Dallas to Kansas City, Missouri, has set a new world record for the longest ...

A single flash of lightning that stretched across the Great Plains, from eastern Texas all the way to Kansas City, Missouri, ...