When Apollo 12, NASA's second lunar landing mission, launched from Kennedy Space Center, the space vehicle was struck by ...

Since 2011, several lightning strikes at Kennedy Space Center's Launch Complex 39B have been captured with high speed cameras ...

It only takes one close encounter with a lightning strike to get the full sense of its power. At around 1 gigaJoule of energy ...

Our solar system is full of phenomena that push humans to keep exploring the universe. Jupiter has humongous storms, some of ...

Storms on Earth can be powerful, but new research suggests they are no match for the extreme forces at work on Jupiter, where ...

The ancient Greeks will never know how right they were in naming the planet Jupiter after Zeus himself. New observations ...

Lightning on Jupiter may pack more than 100 times the power of Earth's bolts, and may prove one million times stronger, a new ...

In a rare sight, lightning struck the Seattle Space Needle on Monday. The Space Needle Twitter account shared a short video showing the thunderous strike.

Lightning poses a direct threat to human life and can cause serious damage to critical infrastructure – from power grids and telecommunications to aviation operations – while also triggering wildfires ...

Lightning researchers expect lightning could become more frequent as temperatures rise. Photo by Rick Lipscomb, courtesy NOAA. The age-old maxim says lightning never strikes the same place twice.

Lightning strikes are always a serious threat, no matter what season it is. For the last year, lightning strikes in the US have reached an 8-year-high, according to Vaisala Xweather. Xweather operates ...