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It’s alive! Microbes on early Earth could have been jolted to life by lightning
Elizabeth Rayne
Mar 22, 2021
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Zzzzzt! Mars might be sparky
Phil Plait
Mar 15, 2021
Artwork of a Martian dust storm approaching a rover, with small lightning bolts created from electric charge built up as dust grains rub against each other. Credit: NASA
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A blue bolt out of the blue: On the edge of space, lightning leaps *upward*
Phil Plait
Feb 3, 2021
A thunderstorm seen from the International Space Station, lit internally by lightning. Credit: DTU Space / ESA / NASA
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Doc Brown would be shocked by lightning "superbolts" almost 100 times more powerful than 1.21 gigawatts
Elizabeth Rayne
Dec 2, 2020
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Could a laser pointer be just as effective as Mjolnir in controlling lightning?
Jeff Spry
Nov 16, 2020
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Does lightning shockingly zap electricity into our bodies?
Elizabeth Rayne
Jul 19, 2020
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Shocking 440-mile-long megaflash lightning bolt shatters world record
Jeff Spry
Jun 30, 2020
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Thor's hammer be damned! Scientists find megalithic lightning rod on Scottish Isle
Jeff Spry
Jan 2, 2020
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When the Earth Hulks out: Our planet sparkles in gamma-rays
Phil Plait
May 22, 2019
A Terrestrial Gamma-ray Flash from Earth (right) seen by the Atmosphere-Space Interactions Monitor in space was traced to a lightning storm over Borneo. Credit: University of Valencia
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Thor's gotta be jealous of this crackling bolt of continuous current lightning
Adam Pockross
May 9, 2019
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Whistling above a lightning storm
Phil Plait
Sep 5, 2018
Artist's depiction of how a Swarm satellite appears in orbit Also, coolest looking satellite ever. Credit: ESA–P. Carril, 2013
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Well, he *is* the god of lightning
Phil Plait
Jun 25, 2018
Artwork depicting vast numbers of lightning bolts near Jupiter’s pole. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/JunoCam
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Mysterious "blue jets" blasting upwards from clouds seen from space
Phil Plait
Feb 9, 2017
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