Every lightning strike begins as a silent exchange of charge — leaders reaching down, streamers rising up — until, in an ...

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A rainstorm gathers over the Los Alamos National Laboratory campus. Photo Courtesy LANL BY XUAN-MIN SHAOLos Alamos National ...

Lightning happens all the time, but certain parts of the world get far less of it than others, including near the North Pole. Lightning requires atmospheric instability, something that’s set up ...