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Lightning may look like a sudden burst from the clouds, but its true origin lies in an invisible storm of cosmic rays, X-rays, and high-energy electrons. A breakthrough study led by Penn State ...

Though scientists have long understood how lightning strikes, the precise atmospheric events that trigger it within ...

Photoelectric feedback discharges initiate lightning with no constrains on densities or physical origin of seed runaway ...

Lightning, which can heat the atmosphere to five times the temperature of the surface of the sun, is the result of a powerful ...

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Laurence S. Rothman (Air Force Geophysics Directorate, Phillips Laboratory, Hanscom Air Force Base, Mass.): "Most molecules have strong absorption features in the infrared and microwave region of the ...

A groundbreaking study using Apollo 16 lunar samples has challenged long-held assumptions about the source of the Moon’s ...

North China faces extreme heat, with temps hitting 40°C+ in 2023—breaking 60-year records. A new study links the heatwave to high-pressure systems and dry soils, warning such events may become normal ...

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