A super-sized lightning bolt struck scientists as something special. Now, researchers have confirmed that a lightning strike from 2017 has broken a world record. A single flash of lightning that ...

A lightning "megaflash" that zipped across five U.S. states has set a new record for the longest ever detected. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s ...

Talk about a bolt from the blue. Scientists July 31 announced the discovery of the world's longest lightning flash ever detected – a whopping 515-mile-long bolt that blasted across central U.S. skies ...

BILOXI, Miss. (WLOX) - A new record has been confirmed by the World Meteorological Organization for the world’s longest lightning bolt, breaking a previous record set by a bolt that flashed across ...

An enormous, 515-mile-long flash of lightning that crossed at least three states has been named the longest in recorded history in the world. The 2017 “megaflash” stretched from eastern Texas to near ...