On a cold, thin-aired world where sound barely carries, a NASA rover has picked up something that should not be possible: the crackle of lightning on Mars. Instead of the deep, rolling thunder ...

If you’ve ever been startled by a bolt of lightning without the roar of thunder or accompanying thunderstorm, you’ve probably had someone explain to you that it was just “heat” lightning. The term is ...

The Tampa Bay community has spent the last three weeks wading through grief, uncertainty and a whole lot of drywall—all in the wake of two historic hurricanes with names more befitting to the ...

We all know the belly-shaking sound of lightning, but now scientists have visually captured its sound waves for the very first time. Michelle Starr is CNET's science editor, and she hopes to get you ...

The study presents the first in-situ evidence of electrical activity in the Martian atmosphere, identifying 55 distinct triboelectric discharge events. These electrical discharges, unlike terrestrial ...

Scientists believe they have detected lightning on Mars, thanks to the sensitive microphone aboard NASA’s Perseverance rover. The discovery was made by "eavesdropping" on the planet's whirling winds.

Heat lightning is the nickname given to the silent lightning strikes and faint flashes of light that are visible on the distant horizon on some warm, humid summer nights. To the naked eye, these ...