Lightning strikes across Earth could make ultrahot "killer electrons" rain down around our planet, according to new research from scientists at the University of Colorado Boulder. Due to this result, ...

BOULDER, Colo. — Lightning doesn’t just strike downward; sometimes its effects reach thousands of kilometers into space. In a discovery that connects the weather we experience on Earth with the ...

"Killer electrons" stashed in radiation belts around Earth could be dislodged by lightning to create a game of "cosmic pinball" that influences space weather around our planet. When you purchase ...