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  1. www.britannica.com › science › lightning-meteorologyLightning | Voltage, Causes, & Facts | Britannica

    2 days ago · Lightning strikes on people, though comparatively rare, can cause conditions ranging from amnesia to cardiac arrest. Lightning can also cause the surrounding air to heat up to 27,700 degrees Celsius (almost 50,000 degrees Fahrenheit), often setting nearby objects on fire. Lightning causes thousands of fires in the U.S. every year.

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      Amnesia is a loss of memory. It occurs most often as a...

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      Ball lightning, a rare aerial phenomenon in the form of a...

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  3. news.sky.com › story › most-impressive-comet-of-the'Most impressive comet of the year' set to burn ... - Sky News

    20 hours ago · The A3 comet comes from the Oort Cloud, a huge "thick-walled bubble made of icy pieces of space debris". It was last seen from Earth when Nethanderals roamed the planet.

  4. www.cbsnews.com › boston › newsWhat causes thunder and lightning? The dangerous weather ...

    6 hours ago · What causes thunder and lightning? 00:49 Thunderstorms are one of nature's most fascinating and dangerous occurrences. We have all witnessed a lightning bolt illuminating the night sky and heard ...

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  6. www.popsci.com › environment › gamma-ray-lightningNASA's U-2 spy plane found gamma rays in 90% of lightning ...

    5 hours ago · NASA’s ER-2 aircraft is a converted U-2 spy plane used to study thunderstorms from high altitudes. Credit: NASA/Carla Thomas. Many confirmed sightings lined up with those first seen by NASA ...

  7. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › PrometheusPrometheus - Wikipedia

    1 day ago · The four tragedies of Prometheus attributed to Aeschylus, most of which are lost to the passages of time into antiquity, are Prometheus Bound (Prometheus Desmotes), Prometheus Unbound (Lyomenos), Prometheus the Fire Bringer (Pyrphoros), and Prometheus the Fire Kindler (Pyrkaeus).

  8. www.thehindu.com › news › national‘Heat lightning’ sparks curiosity in Thiruvananthapuram

    2 days ago · The night sky over Thiruvananthapuram on Sunday sparked discussions as residents reported witnessing strange, colourful lights in the eastern skies. The phenomenon, commonly referred to as heat ...

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  10. www.listennotes.com › podcasts › slice-of-scienceThe Science Behind Lightning: What Makes the Sky Spark?

    5 days ago · And we watched the lightning strike over the ocean and it was 8 00:00:42,880 --> 00:00:49,440 getting closer to the land. Kind of got us thinking like what actually is lightning? What creates a 9 00:00:49,440 --> 00:00:57,120 storm? Did you know that lightning strikes about 50 to 100 times a second around the world and the 10 00:00:57,120 ...