Two lightning megaflashes shattered distance and duration records0
- Earth Mysteries, From Around the Web
- June 26, 2020
The bolts captured by satellites more than doubled the previous records

The bolts captured by satellites more than doubled the previous records

There’s nothing usual about the magnitude of this Sahara Desert sandstorm that is almost circling the globe. It has made it to the U.S., will it touch Canada?

Three Southeast Asian leaf monkeys are distinct species, new research shows, which makes two of them some of the rarest, most endangered primates.

American honeybee colonies have bounced back after a bad year, the annual beekeeping survey finds.

If you thought COVID-19, civil unrest, locusts, volcanic eruptions and hurricanes signaled Armageddon — you may be right!

A surprising new discovery has revealed a previously unknown structure located deep beneath the Pacific Ocean between the Earth’s core and mantle.

A treasure chest full of gold, jewels and other valuables worth more than $1m (£790,000) is said to have been found in the Rocky Mountains.

Two newly discovered super-eruptions have been found hidden in the geological history of Yellowstone National Park – including one that ranks in the fifth biggest volcanic eruption of all time.

In 2016 the World Wide Web was all abuzz with Google Earth images of Antarctica that appear to show pyramids in the icy landscape. The images show what appears to be three pyramids with four sides similar to the famous Giza pyramids in Egypt. Could these be authentic man-made pyramids created by an ancient civilization?