These booming sounds are caused by lightning, and these two natural phenomena — lightning and thunder — go ... Lightning is a ...

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Scientists have spotted microplastics, tiny pieces of plastic smaller than 5 millimeters, in some of the most pristine environments on Earth, from the depths of the Mariana Trench to the snow on Mt.

Zanya Biviano took this photo of unusual cloud formations over the Valley on the evening of Oct. 31. “Is the sky in a ...

Earlier this year on September 7th, NASA's Landsat 8 Earth observation satellite captured an unusual phenomenon on earth: a ...

Now that the sun has reached its solar maximum, aurora chasers should expect the northern lights to appear more frequently in the night sky.

Flash floods in Spain this week have turned village streets into rivers, ruined homes, disrupted transportation and killed at least 95 people in the worst natural disaster to hit the European ...

The Northern lights are caused when charged particles released by the Sun enter the Earth’s atmosphere and collide with oxygen and nitrogen molecules, causing a phenomenon that appears as ...

Credit: University of Bergen / Mount Visual (CC BY 4.0) Recent findings indicate that gamma-ray emissions from thunderstorms are far more complex and dynamic than previously understood, thanks to ...

The remaining two treat of the Sargasso Sea and the Zodiacal Light with its allied phenomena. These seem to be highways rather than by-paths. Natural Phenomena. A Collection of Descriptive and ...