What determines the different colors of lightning? I always made the assumption it had something to do with the different elements present in the path of the lightning bolt itself. — William C. Clancy ...

Lightning has captured people's fascination for millennia. It's embedded in mythology, religion and popular culture. Think of ...

The idiom "out of the blue," used to describe something unexpected, is derived from a potentially deadly weather phenomenon —a "bolt from the blue." According to the National Weather Service, a "bolt ...

Lightning is a familiar sight in stormy skies, but a new report has revealed just how far some bolts can travel — in one case, more than 500 miles. That astonishing bolt sparked to life in eastern ...