The most mysterious sort of lightning is ball lightning — glowing spheres of light that float in air. A new theory claims to explain nearly all the properties of these unusual balls of fire.
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Hubler, G. Fluff balls of fire. Nature 403, 487–488 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1038/35000674
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