Cosmic rays may offer an out-of-this-world answer to a long-standing mystery about lightning on Earth, a new study suggests. Thunderstorms are exceedingly common; a staggering 3 million lightning ...

So, does all this add up to cosmic rays as the cause of lightning? No one can be sure at present. Some researchers, including myself, have voiced skepticism about this mechanism, due to a few ...

Scientists have revealed a hidden trigger of lightning that could resolve a centuries-old weather mystery.. Earth is struck by some 44 bolts of lightning each second, on average. Despite this ...

May 06, 2015 Cosmic rays may direct the pathways of lightning Researchers find new clues about the nature of lightning ...

Thus, cosmic rays may be the mechanism that causes lightning to initiate. The only thing the researchers lack to confirm this is the simultaneous measurement of lightning discharges using BIMAP-3D, ...

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

When researchers at the Los Alamos National Laboratory visualized data from the first few nanoseconds of a lightning, they cosmic rays may answer a long debated question about what triggers the ...

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) Cosmic-ray showers, consisting of high-energy particles from space, appear to play a significant role in triggering lightning flashes.

IN order to explain the curious behaviour of lightning flashes the possibility should be kept in mind of a connexion between a lightning discharge and the cosmic rays. When penetrating particles ...

Cosmic rays may play a role in triggering lightning, a new study suggests, offering an out-of-this-world answer to a long-standing mystery.

Cosmic rays may offer an out-of-this-world answer to a long-standing mystery about lightning on Earth, a new study suggests. Thunderstorms are exceedingly common; a staggering 3 million lightning ...