Published on: 2025-06-16 16:30:58
What happens right before two arcs of lightning smash into each other? An invisible blast of radiation a million times more energetic than a lightning discharge is unleashed in the form of gamma rays, before disappearing almost as quickly as it came. Yes, astronomy-minded friends, this is a gamma ray burst, almost like the cosmic explosions we see in deep space produced when stars go supernova — except right here on Earth (and thankfully, a lot less deadly). For the first time, a team of resea
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For the first time, scientists have caught lightning in the act of unleashing a powerful burst of gamma radiation known as a terrestrial gamma-ray flash (TGF). Researchers at the University of Osaka led the work—an intimate look at one of the most powerful and mesmerizing natural phenomena on our planet. The work also marks a step forward in the quest to understand how thunderstorms manage to pump out radiation we generally associate with the universe’s most extreme objects: black holes and neu
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News Highlights: ◆ We have achieved the world's first successful lightning triggering and guiding using a drone by harnessing electric field fluctuations. ◆ We developed and validated a lightning protection cage design that prevents malfunction or damage even when the drone is struck directly by lightning. This design can also be implemented on commercial drones. ◆ In the future, we aim to protect cities and infrastructure with "lightning drones," working toward a society free from lightning-re
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For trees, lightning strikes are the great leveller. Stick your neck out by growing taller than the rest, and you risk getting zapped into oblivion. Hundreds of millions of trees suffer this fate every year. But the opposite appears to be the case for the towering tonka bean tree (Dipteryx oleifera), a native of the rainforests of Panama that grows up to 130 feet tall and lives for hundreds of years. Lightning is a weapon in its arsenal, and it wields it masterfully. When an opportune lightnin
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A pair of astrophotographers teamed up with scientists to help them solve the mystery of “sprite fireworks.” On the night of May 19, 2022, two Chinese astrophotographers, Angel An and Shuchang Dong, captured a spectacular display of over one hundred red sprites over the Himalayas. Red sprites are an elusive form of lightning that is discharged into the upper atmosphere, which scientists still don’t fully understand. The pair of astrophotographers were shooting at an observation site, located
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If you get caught outdoors during a lightning storm, safety experts once recommended adopting a crouched position to lessen your chances of being struck by lightning. It turns out, however, that the position doesn’t make you any safer. In response to social media and other internet sources allegedly spreading misinformation about lightning safety, the National Lightning Safety Council (NLSC) is re-emphasizing the fact that the “crouch” is outdated advice, and urged educators and weather broadca
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If you’re stuck outside in the middle of a lightning storm, the most common advice is to stay away from trees, which might attract lightning. And while getting struck by lightning would certainly be very bad news for you, new research suggests certain trees might draw unexpected benefits from the electrocution. A team of researchers has revealed that Dipteryx oleifera—a tall tropical tree with a large crown and native to Colombia, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, and Panama—not only tolerates lightning s
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Getting zapped with millions of volts of electricity may not sound like a healthy activity, but for some trees, it is. A new study, published in New Phytologist, reports that some tropical tree species are not only able to tolerate lightning strikes, but benefit from them. The trees may have even evolved to act as lightning rods. The research was led by Evan Gora, a forest ecologist at Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies. Gora studies how lightning impacts biodiversity and carbon storage in Pan
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This article has been reviewed according to Science X's editorial process and policies . Editors have highlighted the following attributes while ensuring the content's credibility: The photo, titled Cosmic Fireworks, won the Skyscapes category of the 2023 Astronomy Photographer of the Year competition, hosted by the Royal Observatory Greenwich. This breathtaking image not only showcases the awe-inspiring beauty of sprite discharges but also sparks public interest in extreme weather phenomena an
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This article has been reviewed according to Science X's editorial process and policies . Editors have highlighted the following attributes while ensuring the content's credibility: Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Life may not have begun with a dramatic lightning strike into the ocean but from many smaller "microlightning" exchanges among water droplets from crashing waterfalls or breaking waves. New research from Stanford University shows that water sprayed into a mixture of gases thought
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In the mid-18th century, Benjamin Franklin helped elucidate the nature of lightning and endorsed the protective value of lightning rods. And yet, a hundred years later, much of the public remained unconvinced. As a result, lightning continued to strike church steeples, ship masts, and other tall structures, causing severe damage. Frustrated scientists turned to visual aids to help make their case for the lightning rod. The exploding thunder house is one example. When a small amount of gunpowder
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Apple might no longer be selling new devices with the Lightning port, but you should still hold onto your cables for now. Adrian Kingsley-Hughes/ZDNET Apple launched the Lightning port in September 2012, debuting it on the iPhone 5. Also: 5 products Apple silently scrapped while unveiling the iPhone 16e this week Since then, it has been fitted to billions of devices, including iPhones, iPads, and AirPods charging cases. From the very moment it was unveiled, we knew it would one day be replace
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