Despite modern technology, some phenomena remain almost impossible to prove—like ball lightning. This video dives into the world of transient luminous events and the science trying to understand them.

This rare form of lightning may represent a stable configuration of a plasma of charged particles. If it does, it may help to solve the problem of confining a plasma within a thermonuclear reactor ...

The Enchanting Phenomenon of Ball Lightning Imagine a glowing orb of light dancing across the sky, flickering with an ...

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In the wake of one of the flashes came the globular lightning, apparently floating slowly downwards. Two or three brilliant globular structures of the kind known as ball lightning appeared to ...