A woman walking just outside her home with her dog is seen nearly jumping out of her skin as a terrifying lightning bolt zaps the ground just feet away. The powerful thunderbolt was filmed in ...

Thunderstorms are known to generate gamma rays, the highest energy radiation on Earth. But pinning the burst to a specific bolt is new.

A powerful laser was able to deflect a lightning bolt almost 200 feet before it hit a lightning rod, greatly improving the rod's function. The findings, published in January, show that lasers ...