New research suggests “microlightning” exchanges among water droplets in Earth’s early atmosphere may have sparked the ...

On a stormy day, engineers at Japan’s Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (NTT) launched a small aircraft into the ...

Japanese researchers have successfully triggered and guided lightning using specially made and protected drones, marking a ...

Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. In the 1931 movie ...

Japan’s NTT develops drones that can trigger and guide lightning, aiming to protect cities and study storm behavior.

“Microlightning” exchanges among water droplets could have sparked the building blocks of life on ancient Earth, new research finds. Here, a wave breaks on White Sand Beach on the Thai island ...

As massive bolts of lightning and energy crackled ... Now, new research published March 14 in the journal Science Advances suggests that fizzes of barely visible “microlightning,” generated ...

Being struck by lightning is something humans generally try to avoid. But for at least one tropical tree species, this doesn’t hurt—and might even be a good thing. Scientists have long ...