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Lightning on Earth is sparked by a powerful chain reaction from outer space, simulations show
Now, a new study has used computer models to reveal that lightning strikes as the result of a powerful chain reaction that ...
KC-area dad says ‘God's hand' kept lightning from striking him, his 3-year-old son
"I don't chalk a lot of stuff up to coincidences," said Conner, who was standing at the front door with his 3-year-old son, ...
Powerful lightning strike creates sparks on car's hood during storm: See the video
'Gray Divorce' Is On The Rise, And Relationship Experts Think This Is Why Double Olympic champion Laura Dahlmeier dies in ...
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New World Record-Longest 'Megaflash' Lightning Confirmed. It Covered A Distance From East Texas To Near Kansas City
A megaflash is a lightning discharge of very long distance and/or duration that satellites can detect. A reanalysis of a ...
How to tell how far away lightning is by counting
Did you see a flash of lightning? Start counting, because that can tell you how far away the thunderstorm is, and if it's ...
Weather-tracking advances are revealing astonishing extremes of lightning
It was a single lightning flash that streaked across the Great Plains for 515 miles, from eastern Texas nearly all the way to ...
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More lightning brings new wildfires around Central Oregon, the largest at about 27 acres, as stormy weather lingers
A new fire, Incident 667, was reported late Wednesday morning southwest of Mackey Mountain in the southeast corner of Crook ...
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ISS astronauts spot lightning strike from space | Space photo of the day for July 29, 2025
As the ISS passed above the city-state of Singapore at 3:18 a.m. local time on June 15, the crew witnessed an electrifying ...