How did the idea for using lasers for controlling lightning come to mind? This idea of triggering ... the beam and the discharge will go to the ground through the mirror; or you aim with the ...

This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Lightning strikes Rome's ancient Constantine Arch, sending fragments to the ground ...

It is reminiscent of a lightning strike. You may have heard that lightning comes from the ground and not the clouds. What happens is, immediately before a lightning strike, an invisible darting ...

Find a low spot or depression and crouch down as low as possible, but don't lie down on the ground. Lightning can move in and along the ground surface, and many victims are struck not by bolts but ...

If the charge builds up enough, it flows as a massive electrical current to the ground or to another cloud. This is like a shock or a really big spark and is what we call lightning. There are lots ...