This week's question comes from Morning Brief reader Mark: "I recently saw a video of upward lightning in Oregon. How and why ...

Aerosols are tiny droplets or solid particles suspended in the air, and they surround us constantly. Some are large enough to see, such as springtime pollen, while others, like viruses that circulate ...

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Though scientists have long understood how lightning strikes, the precise atmospheric events that trigger it within thunderclouds have remained a perplexing mystery. The mystery may now be solved, ...

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Flying through storms is fraught enough without a lightning strike to worry about. Can a plane get hit by lightning? A pilot explains. The post Could Your Airplane Get Struck by Lightning? A Pilot ...

When thunder rumbles in the distance, there's a quick and simple way to figure out how close the lightning actually struck based on the speed of sound. After you see a flash of lightning, start ...