The Juno spacecraft has detected unprecedented numbers of ‘whistlers’ and ‘sferics’ in its orbits around Jupiter, both indications of high lightning flash rates in the atmosphere of the gas giant planet.
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Bortnik, J. Jovian lightning whistles a new tune. Nat Astron 2, 521–522 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41550-018-0483-3
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