A lightning "megaflash" that zipped across five U.S. states has set a new record for the longest ever detected.

Scientists July 31 announced the discovery of the world's longest lightning flash ever detected – a whopping 515-mile-long ...

An enormous, 515-mile-long flash of lightning that crossed at least three states has been named the longest in recorded ...

In a flash, a single lightning bolt lit up the sky across three states in the Great Plains. On Thursday, after careful ...

A single flash of lightning that stretched across the Great Plains, from eastern Texas all the way to Kansas City, Missouri, ...

Scientists using satellite data discovered a record-breaking lightning bolt that stretched 515 miles from Texas to Kansas ...

Lightning is a familiar sight in stormy skies, but a new report has revealed just how far some bolts can travel — in one case ...

Using archival satellite data, researchers just officially confirmed the length of this enormous bolt of lightning that ...

A jaw-dropping 515-mile lightning bolt lit up the skies from Texas to Kansas City, smashing previous records and reshaping ...

The World Meteorological Organization reported that a megaflash has set a new world record for lightning discharge distance.

Lightning is one of the greatest natural forces on our planet. New mapping tools are revealing just how big it is.

NOAA’s GOES-16 satellite detects around one million lightning flashes per day from its perch high above the Earth. It is the ...