Wednesday 17 April 2019

Why lightning often strikes twice: Study reveals needle-like structures in positively charged lightning leaders

In contrast to popular belief, lightning often does strike twice, but the reason why a lightning channel is 'reused' has remained a mystery. Now, an international research team led by the University of Groningen has used the LOFAR radio telescope to study the development of lightning flashes in unprecedented detail. The results were published on 18 April in the science journal Nature.

* This article was originally published here