"This new record clearly demonstrates the incredible power of the natural environment," professor Randall Cerveny said.

Guinness World Records may be the go-to organization for measuring the extent of (sometimes dubious) human achievement, but ...

NOAA’s GOES-16 satellite detects around one million lightning flashes per day from its perch high above the Earth. It is the ...

The GOES satellites are a major part of the puzzle, since they continuously monitor the sky. They also identified the longest ...

A lighting flash that spanned from East Texas to an area near Kansas City in 2017 is officially the longest lightning strike ...

Scientists July 31 announced the discovery of the world's longest lightning flash ever detected – a whopping 515-mile-long ...

The Tongue River Fire Department responded to a reported lightning strike near a residence at 294 Brook Street in Ranchester ...

A Wednesday lightning strike on the St. John Baptist Church in the Four Corners community in St. Mary Parish led to the ...

Lightning is a familiar sight in stormy skies, but a new report has revealed just how far some bolts can travel — in one case ...

A lightning bolt stretching 515 miles (829 km) from eastern Texas to near Kansas City has set a terrifying new record as the ...

A 2017 lightning “megaflash” stretching from North Texas to Missouri was about 515 miles long, as confirmed by satellite and ...

Using archival satellite data, researchers just officially confirmed the length of this enormous bolt of lightning that ...