We have published several articles explaining that close encounters between jets and lightning occur every now and then around the globe, usually causing little to no damage at all to the planes.

Dramatic footage captured in Iowa on May 18, 2026, shows a towering storm cloud erupting with flashes of lightning as severe ...

Small, frequent lightning storms zip across Jupiter’s cloud tops. NASA’s Juno spacecraft spotted the flashes for the first time, scientists report August 5 in Nature. “It’s a very exotic thing that ...

Jupiter’s storms aren’t just gigantic — they may unleash lightning far more powerful than anything on Earth. Using NASA’s Juno spacecraft, scientists discovered that some lightning bolts on the gas ...

Massive storm clouds lit up with constant lightning as severe weather swept across parts of Kansas overnight, triggering ...

“This explains why these gamma-ray flashes can emerge from source regions that appear optically dim and radio silent.” This finding unites lightning and TGFs under the same physical process, offering ...

MOLINE, Ill. — Editor's Note: The video above is from Jan. 24. The thunderstorm earlier this week gave us a little taste of spring weather. As we get closer to experiencing more convective weather, ...

You’re relaxing in your lawn chair outside during a warm summer night after a hot and humid afternoon when you notice a distant flash of light in the sky. It occurs ...