Lightning, which can heat the atmosphere to five times the temperature of the surface of the sun, is the result of a powerful ...

Astronomers have re-examined the biggest explosion ever seen, possibly the most massive explosion since the Big Bang, to ...

New research by scientists from the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab), in ...

Lightning has captivated scientists for centuries, but despite extensive research, the precise atmospheric conditions that ...

Key TakeawaysResearchers have built a compact X-ray free-electron laser (XFEL) using laser plasma accelerators to generate ...

Non-centrosymmetric halide perovskites are a class of semiconducting material containing a structural asymmetry with ...

Scientists have shown that light can interact with itself in bizarre ways—creating ghost-like virtual particles that pop in and out of existence.

Penn State University scientists have demonstrated the complex series of events occurring inside thunderclouds that create ...

Just recently, physicists at MIT conducted an experiment using incredible atomic precision. Interestingly, it has definitively resolved a long-standing debate between quantum giants Albert Einstein ...

Though scientists have long understood how lightning strikes, the precise atmospheric events that trigger it within ...

The most energetic cosmic ray particle ever detected was given the brilliant moniker, the "Oh My God" particle. Detected in ...

Using the Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS) at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory in California, the team blasted the ...