Not many people get to see ball lightning, but those who do never forget it. Imagine a glowing orb suddenly materializing in front of you, possibly sizzling or exuding a bluish mist and an acrid smell ...

This release is available in German. Ball lightnings are circular light phenomena occurring during thunderstorms and there are a large class of reports by eyewitnesses having experienced such events.

It's one of nature's most striking regular phenomena, but you may not know that lightning can appear in many different forms. Intracloud lightning is contained within one cloud jumping between ...

Researchers have discovered what appears to be the earliest known account of a rare weather phenomenon called ball lightning in England. Scientists at Amherst College and Aalto University have created ...

As a massive storm swept through central Alberta in early July, a couple stood on their porch watching bolts of lightning play across the cloudy skies. A particularly massive lightning strike hit ...

Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum Fields and Fundamental Forces from Imperial College London.View full profile Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum ...

This article was originally published at The Conversation. The publication contributed the article to Space.com's Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. Giles Gasper, Professor in High Medieval History, ...