He found that the same electron cascade process could explain these events when conditions fall just short of producing lightning. By understanding how small changes in electric field strength affect ...

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) -- When people refer to heat lightning, they are usually talking about seeing lightning, but not hearing thunder in the evening or nighttime, usually during the summer months. Heat ...

A green spectacle. With protective eyewear, ISTA PHD student Andrea Stöllner takes a glimpse into the experimental chamber (in the foreground) where two laser beams trap a single particle. One ...

“This explains why these gamma-ray flashes can emerge from source regions that appear optically dim and radio silent.” This finding unites lightning and TGFs under the same physical process, offering ...