Lightning Triggered by Space Phenomena, Physicists Reveal
Scientists have revealed a hidden trigger of lightning that could resolve a centuries-old weather mystery. Earth is struck by ...
New research finds a cosmic seed for lightning in thunderstoms
When researchers at the Los Alamos National Laboratory visualized data from the first few nanoseconds of a lightning, they ...
LANL researchers point to cosmic showers as likely element in triggering lightning
Xuan-Min Shao and his engineering team at Los Alamos National Laboratory may not literally be trying to capture lightning in a bottle, but what they’re doing is not far from that. Shao and his team of ...
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High-energy space particles may play a role in initiating lightning flashes
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. Observations using a 3D ...
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Mapping Lightning's Origins and Polarization to Reveal Cosmic-Ray Influence
In a recent study published in the Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, scientists from Los Alamos National ...
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Cosmic-Ray Showers Play Pivotal Role in Triggering Lightning Flashes
The authors analyzed these observations with a cosmic-ray shower and found that these seemingly strange features can be consistently explained. “Scientists still don’t fully understand how lightning ...