This extraordinary event is known as a sprite — or “farfadet” in French — one of the rarest forms of Transient Luminous ...

Collaboration has obtained a high-precision cosmic-ray boron spectrum in the energy range of 10 GeV/n–8 TeV/n, and discovered ...

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

They matched their most runs allowed in a game, blew their largest lead of the season and used six relievers, including Jose ...

Of the 20 individuals injured, 18 were taken to local hospitals with the nature of their injuries not yet disclosed.

This idea of cosmic rays initiating lightning isn't new. It began in the early 1990s when it was first proposed by Russian physicist Alex Gurevich, who called it "relativistic runaway electron ...

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, ...

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 ...

Here’s how it works. Cosmic rays may play a role in triggering lightning on Earth, a new study suggests.(Image credit: Jan Drahokoupil / 500px / Getty Images) ...

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.

Cosmic rays travel across te universe at nearly the speed of life, created by exploding stars, our own Sun, and even black holes. They are generally blocked by our atmosphere and are harmless to ...

Researchers from Los Alamos National Laboratory have discovered that cosmic-ray showers seem to play a pivotal role in triggering lightning flashes. The research is published in the journal JGR ...