Thunderstorm clouds have a lot of air moving around inside them, including updrafts and downdrafts, which can be strong. Updrafts transport tiny drops of rain and ice crystals to the top of the ...
Water droplets create “microlightning” when they split, producing electrical discharges without any external power source These tiny electrical sparks can transform simple gases into complex organic ...
In the 1931 movie “Frankenstein,” Dr. Henry Frankenstein howling his triumph was an electrifying moment in more ways than one. As massive bolts of lightning and energy crackled, Frankenstein’s monster ...
Researchers at Stony Brook University may have captured lightning in a bottle — or at least explained one of the theories of how it is created. Working with researchers in Spain and China, Stony Brook ...