Dipteryx oleifera trees not only survive lightning strikes, they grow taller, lose rivals, and reproduce more successfully.

Our eyes deceive us when lightning strikes like a giant spark cracking the sky in two. That giant spark is only as big around as a golf ball. Like everything else in nature, it happens for a reason.

Lightning is an essential part of nature—balancing Earth’s electrical charge by transferring negative energy back to the ground. But it can also be fatal.

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

Darren Raddysh had a goal and two assists to reach 100 career points, and the Tampa Bay Lightning beat the St. Louis Blues 4-1.

You’ve probably seen Lichtenberg figures before, those lightning-like traces left by high-voltage discharge. The safe way to create them is using an electron beam to embed charge inside an ...

Jake Guentzel scored a pair of third period goals and the Tampa Bay Lightning rallied past the Carolina Hurricanes for a 6-4 victory on Saturday night.

Lightning lights up the night sky and creates an unforgettable spectacle! Discover what really happens during a thunderstorm and why lightning is so powerful and dangerous. Stay with us to learn ...

Juliana Hatfield says she is “always trying to be honest and unpolished” in her songs, so of course her new album “Lightning Might Strike” draws on a recent stretch in her life when everything went ...

A number of Senate Republicans said they'd like to see the video released. President Donald Trump, after initially saying he had "no problem" with releasing the video of the Sept. 2 strike on an ...

President Donald Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Tuesday sought to distance themselves from the decision to launch a follow-up strike on a suspected drug boat in the Caribbean, insisting ...

WASHINGTON — The White House confirmed Monday that the U.S. did launch a second strike on an alleged drug boat from Venezuela in early September and that it was ordered by Adm. Frank M. Bradley, who ...