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Shallow Lightning and Mushy Hail: Violent Storms on Jupiter Are Weirder Than We Thought – Gizmodo Australia

Lightning and hailstones exist on Jupiter, but they’re of a very different sort than the ones we’re familiar with on Earth, as new research suggests. Shallow lightning on Jupiter doesn’t originate from watery clouds like on Earth but instead from clouds packe…

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Lightning and hailstones exist on Jupiter, but theyre of a very different sort than the ones were familiar with on Earth, as new research suggests.
Shallow lightning on Jupiter doesnt originate from watery clouds like on Earth but instead from clouds packed with both water and ammonia, according to new research published this week in Nature.
In a related study, published in the Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, scientists show how these same thunderstorms are capable of producing unexp…

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