These eye-catching phenomena have long puzzled skygazers and scientists—until two amateur astronomers made a very serendipitous discovery.

In the video, which has gone viral, lightning can be seen lighting up the sky before a bolt of lightning appears to strike ...

But real lightning would have struck infrequently—and mostly in open ocean, where organic compounds would have quickly ...

To study otherwise unpredictable thunder and lightning, SwRI scientists launch ... The copper wire creates a conductive path for the bolt so the team can focus their instruments and conduct ...