For as long as people have watched storms roll across the sky, lightning has inspired awe and fear. You can see the flash and ...

There are two main types of lightning found on Earth: ...

In brief: The process that creates lightning has never been precisely understood, but scientists know that ice plays a crucial role. New research into developing cold electrical components may have ...

As particles rub together from wind friction in a thunderstorm, the charges separate and static electricity develops. The negative charges or electrons separate to the bottom of the thunderstorm, ...

Scientists have long understood why lightning forms, but the atomic processes at the core of the phenomenon have remained largely a mystery—especially the strange mechanics behind terrestrial ...

In Houston and the surrounding areas, we are used to seeing daily chances of isolated to scattered thunderstorms throughout the summer months. DOWNLOAD TODAY: Introducing Houston’s Storm Tracker 2 ...

After a stretch of warm weather, winter is returning tonight! Temperatures will drop into the mid to upper 40s by Sunday morning, and it will be breezy. We’ll have winds from the north gusting around ...