A lightning bolt stretching 515 miles (829 km) from eastern Texas to near Kansas City has set a terrifying new record as the longest single lightning flash ever recorded. There are only two places on ...

A flash of lightning spanning multiple southern states in 2017 has been named the longest ‘megaflash’ of lightning in the world, according to the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). The Oct. 22, ...

In most cases, the perfect time to purchase a particular vehicle only becomes clear in retrospect—of course you should have bought that woody Jeep Grand Wagoneer in 2001 or that dusty Hemi 'Cuda in ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. There’s regular lightning and then there’s megaflash lightning ...

What a difference a couple of years makes. The Ford F-150 Lightning debuted for the 2022 model year as the first regular-production, all-electric pickup truck from a mainstream manufacturer. When it ...

" It's one of those phrases people use to describe rare events or unlikely coincidences. The idea feels intuitive – what are the odds of lightning hitting the exact same spot again? Yet this common ...

The National Lightning Detection Network counted all of the lightning flashes and strikes across our Michigan sky last Thursday and Friday. You won’t believe how many lightning events we had in just ...

Demonstration of statistical analysis for 3D polarization results with the initial 23 μs of Flash 1 (19:52:38). (a) Orientation distribution in AZ (−180°–180°) and ZE (0°–90°) for random pairs of 2D ...