A University of South Florida professor discovered that lightning that struck a tree in a New Port Richey area created a new phosphorus material. It was discovered in a rock, the first time in solid ...

In what sounds like a superhero’s origin story, scientists have discovered a new type of material created after lightning struck a tree. This particular form of crystalline phosphorus has never been ...

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) – A professor at the University of South Florida discovered something never-before-seen on Earth after analyzing a dirt sample that was struck by lightning. The phosphorus material, ...

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — A professor at the University of South Florida discovered something never-before-seen on Earth after analyzing a dirt sample that was struck by lightning. The phosphorus material, ...

TAMPA, Fla. (April 11, 2023) – After lightning struck a tree in a New Port Richey neighborhood, a University of South Florida professor discovered the strike led to the formation of a new phosphorus ...

NEW PORT RICHEY, Fla. — It's not something that happens every day when a person finds an item never seen on Earth before, but a geoscientist with the University of South Florida did exactly that. In a ...

During a summer thunderstorm in 2012, lightning struck a tree in New Port Richey, Florida. The strike released its energy into the tree and the soil and sand around it, creating fulgurite, also known ...

The New Port Richey fulgurite images and microscopy. a Glassy tubes that consist of a glassy melt surrounding an internal void, in turn surrounded by a crust consisting of cemented sand grains. The ...