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Jupiter’s lightning has rhythm — just like Earth’s

Bolts begin as a series of short pulses both on Earth and on its much bigger, gassier neighbour in the Solar System.
Lightning on Jupiter, composite image.

Lightning bolts (artist’s impression) on Jupiter follow a similar rhythmic pattern to those on Earth. Credit: NASA/JPL-CALTECH/SWRI/JUNOCAM/SPL

Lightning on Jupiter starts much like lightning on Earth1.

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Nature 618, 11 (2023)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-023-01698-3

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  1. Kolmašová, I. et al. Nature Commun. 14, 207 (2023).

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