Is Ball Lightning Real?

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Ball lightning is a strange weather phenomenon that appears in kitchens. Scientists have seen ball lightning in lab experiments, which could explain its existence. There are two main buckets of explanations for what it might be. After the break, we'll look at one potential explanation and then another.

For millennia, people have been reporting stories of mysterious spheres of light that glow, crackle, and hover eerily during thunderstorms. They’ve been spotted in people’s homes, and are even said to be able to pass through windows. No one knows how ball lightning forms — but that’s not stopping scientists from attempting to recreate it in their labs.

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