Lasers have been used to divert lightning strikes in real-world experiments. The work suggests that laser beams could be used as lightning rods to protect infrastructure, although perhaps not any time ...

Lightning path remains unpredictable, but at a smaller scale, discharges between two electrodes can be guided by laser beams. Scientists have discovered a way to guide electric discharges -- and even ...

Mike Moss: Heat lightning is just an informal term that arose to describe "regular" lightning that is too distant to see the actual lightning channel, so that what is seen is just indirect light from ...

A series of photos taken at 1/380-thousandth of a second have revealed something that has long puzzled scientists: The “fleeting moment” lightning chooses where to strike. That moment is called the ...

Sailors are not big fans of thunderstorms or lightning. With good reason: lightning can turn deadly if you are caught unawares. But it turns out that cargo ships and lightning may go hand in hand. As ...