That "something else" appears to originate from space.

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. Despite this, ...

The particles can be sharp and abrasive like shards of glass, posing a hazard to machinery and astronauts. An experiment on Blue Ghost called the Electrodynamic Dust Shield used electric fields to ...

But a puzzle lies in how clouds' electric fields ... in New Mexico argue that this spark is often provided by cosmic ray showers. These are cascades of subatomic particles and ionized nuclei ...

helping them map the electrical currents. The citizen scientists will also be given specific activities, education, and design challenges to “help learners make EZIE Mag their own, " which is said to ...

A solar jet captured by the Solar Orbiter unleashed a mind-blowing 200,000-fold increase in a rare helium isotope, 3He – far ...

In fact, Shao added, the strongest electric field ever detected inside storm clouds was 10 times weaker than what would be needed to spark lightning ... of high-energy particles triggered in ...

A solar superstorm, strong enough to cause an 'internet apocalypse', knock out satellites and cripple clean water supplies ...

OpenAI's latest flagship model, ChatGPT-4o, has impressed the internet with its ability to generate ultra-realistic images as the Studio Ghibli-style became a massive hit. But now, the AI tool is ...

OpenAI shook the world on Wednesday with the release of its native image creation feature. Since then, users on social media have realised that the new feature is also very good at imitating ...

Credit: Jan Drahokoupil / 500px / Getty Images Cosmic ... the strongest electric field ever detected inside storm clouds was 10 times weaker than what would be needed to spark lightning based ...