It turns out there's a strange parallel between meteorite strikes and lightning (besides terrifying things coming out of the sky): both phenomena can, under the right conditions, create glass. That's ...

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 ...

A group of Florida neighbors trying to cash in on a lightning strike may have inadvertently found a new type of mineral group. The bolt struck a tree in their New Port Richey neighborhood, fried its ...

(WGHP) – “Can lightning turn sand at the beach into glass?” Dianne from Winston-Salem asks. “If so, how and in what conditions?” Yes, it is possible for lightning to turn sand into glass. However, ...

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 ...

Lightning can leave destruction in its path in a matter of seconds, but it can also leave something beautiful behind known as fulgurite. When lightning strikes a sandy beach high in silica or quartz ...

New research has identified the minimum temperature of a bolt of lightning as it strikes rock. The study discovered that, based on the crystalline material in the sample, the minimum temperature at ...

Some social media users are sharing a photo they claim shows a fulgurite – a glass structure that can be created when lightning strikes sand or rock. The photo shows an elaborate sand structure on a ...

EVERYONE knows what happens to a tree when it gets struck by lightning, but what about when lightning strikes the ground? Given the right conditions, such as sandy soil or a beach, the lightning ...

Florida, often recognized as the "lightning capital of the United States," is a great place to study the amount of energy released by a lightning strike. Just ask University of South Florida School of ...