Lightning can come in many different colours, including yellow, brown, pink and red, but environmental factors are most conducive to a purple hue.

A video recorded by accident of ball lightning in China is now shedding light on the phenomenon's mysterious origins, researchers say. Ball lightning typically appears during thunderstorms and ...

Ball lightning is a mysterious phenomena that's been seen since the beginning of recorded history, but it's so rare most people put it in the category of folklore or pseudoscience.

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A freak ball of lightning has exploded at a farm in China killing 170 pigs and injuring a woman.

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Scientists call this phenomenon ball lightning, but we don't know much about it (including whether or not it actually explodes). The events are rarely and clearly recorded.

A video recorded by accident of ball lightning in China is now shedding light on the phenomenon's mysterious origins, researchers say.