Each Monday, explore the many amazing minerals, fossils and historical objects on display at the W.M. Keck Earth Science and Mineral Engineering Museum with curator Garrett Barmore. Welcome to the ...

Read full article: Ocoee considers plans for massive sports complex Lightning can leave destruction in its path in a matter of seconds, but it can also leave something beautiful behind known as ...

We all know lightning is powerful: It’s hot, it creates loud noise, and can certainly shock you... but there’s one aspect sought after by researchers and collectors alike, when that bolt hits the ...

When lightning strikes the ground, it can leave behind a root-like rock called a fulgurite. Host Maddie Sofia talks with NPR science correspondent Nell Greenfieldboyce about what lightning and its ...

I don’t understand why some scientific discoveries don’t get more coverage in the media. We recently found out that the largest deep-ocean eruption in history produced upward of 9,000 tonnes of ...

The lumps of glass created when lightning strikes sandy ground can preserve information about ancient climate, new research indicates. Worldwide, lightning flashes occur about 65 times per second.

Even lightning has a fossil record. The brief flashes of electrical current in the sky are ephemeral events, here and gone in a flash, but sometimes lightning strikes the ground under such conditions ...

SILVER LAKE, MI -- A Lake Michigan business has captured lightning in a bottle − well almost. The Mac Wood’s Dune Ride team unearthed a fulgurite, or a piece of fossilized lightning, while prepping ...