A particle accelerator was used to create lightning in a bottle by charging a spinning acrylic tube with high-energy ...

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We know Earth formed roughly 4.54 billion years ago and that the first single cell lifeforms were present roughly 1 billion years after that. What we don’t know is what triggered the process that ...

"With this experiment, we're able to count the number of lightning flashes as they occur using data from NOAA's Geostationary Lightning Mapper satellite instruments, and in turn, get a more accurate ...

Picture this: You’re stuck in traffic on a summer afternoon, checking the weather app on your phone as dark storm clouds roll in. You might think about power ...