When lightning strikes, it looks chaotic. After all, it’s jagged, unpredictable, and seems to tear through the sky at random.

A group of scientists have created a high-power laser beam that they claim lightning will follow for a period of time. Physicists have published a new study in the scientific journal Nature Photonics ...

We have another question to answer, Pat D. in Pittsburgh asks, "I have heard the saying that lightning never strikes the same place twice. How true is that, because I think it does?" Well Pat, you are ...

In the mid-18th century, Benjamin Franklin helped elucidate the nature of lightning and endorsed the protective value of ...