Storm-chasing NASA pilots recently spent weeks flying an aircraft not unlike a spy plane directly into thunderstorms in an effort to gain new insights about lightning and severe weather. Lightning has ...

DENVER — Two hikers are expected to survive after being struck by lightning on the summit of Torrey’s Peak last week. The emergency led to what rescuers believe is the highest-elevation hoist rescue ...

Researchers are using a satellite the size of a loaf of bread to study a high-altitude lightning-like phenomena that may go a long way toward improving scientific understanding of radiation belts, ...

The Hunga Tonga volcano eruption continues to break records. Its latest? The highest altitudes that lightning has ever been known to start. The plume from the eruption produced lightning flashes that ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Rescuers hike up Torreys Peak on June 12 to reach hikers struck by lightning; (photo/Alpine Rescue Team) The arrival of summer ...