When Lightning Strikes, So Do Gamma Rays. On January 30, 2023, at 01:13 AM local time, lightning struck Tower 1. A downward ...

A lightning bolt struck the roof of a Buddhist temple in front of shocked drivers travelling through storm. Dashcam footage shows the bright streak hitting the top of the religious building in ...

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

One in particular shows an ongoing storm over the UK ... detecting even a single lightning bolt faster than the blink of an eye. Article continues below "Thanks to specific algorithms, data ...

These are intense lightning ... bolts. Researchers analyzed the footage frame by frame, using star maps and satellite positions to precisely timestamp each of the red sprites over Tibet.