NASA’s Juno spacecraft reveals that lightning on Jupiter is similar to Earth’s

A ‘lightning strike’ may be the only thing that connects Earth to Jupiter.

According to a recent study, lightning develops and cracks on Jupiter in the same way as it does on Earth. Despite significant differences between the two worlds, Juno’s data is shedding new light on how the power systems on Jupiter are similar to those on Earth.

By drawing on five years of high-resolution data collected by Juno’s radio receiver, researchers discovered that the planet’s lightning system pulsated in patterns similar to those seen inside clouds on our planet while the spacecraft orbited Jupiter. revolves around

See also: NASA’s Juno mission is getting closer to the most explosive celestial body in the Solar System

Similar to thunderstorms on Earth, the pulsations observed as lightning strikes on Jupiter began at intervals of about a millisecond.

“Inside thunderclouds an electrical discharge called lightning is triggered. Ice and water particles within the cloud become charged by collisions and form multiple layers of particles with similar polarity,” said Ivana Kolmasova, a planetary scientist and lead author. Let’s make

Signals of radio emissions at audible wavelengths were captured by NASA’s Voyager 1 probe in 1979 as it traveled through the Solar System, proving that Jupiter had lightning.

Several studies have compared the lightning systems on Earth and Jupiter in great detail. The distribution of lightning on the Giant Planet is different from that of Earth, despite lightning rates being comparable on both planets.

Cover Image: NASA

A ‘lightning strike’ may be the only thing that connects Earth to Jupiter.

According to a recent study, lightning develops and cracks on Jupiter in the same way as it does on Earth. Despite significant differences between the two worlds, Juno’s data is shedding new light on how the power systems on Jupiter are similar to those on Earth.

By drawing on five years of high-resolution data collected by Juno’s radio receiver, researchers discovered that the planet’s lightning system pulsated in patterns similar to those seen inside clouds on our planet while the spacecraft orbited Jupiter. revolves around

See also: NASA’s Juno mission is getting closer to the most explosive celestial body in the Solar System

Similar to thunderstorms on Earth, the pulsations observed as lightning strikes on Jupiter began at intervals of about a millisecond.

“Inside thunderclouds an electrical discharge called lightning is triggered. Ice and water particles within the cloud become charged by collisions and form multiple layers of particles with similar polarity,” said Ivana Kolmasova, a planetary scientist and lead author. Let’s make

Signals of radio emissions at audible wavelengths were captured by NASA’s Voyager 1 probe in 1979 as it traveled through the Solar System, proving that Jupiter had lightning.

Several studies have compared the lightning systems on Earth and Jupiter in great detail. The distribution of lightning on the Giant Planet is different from that of Earth, despite lightning rates being comparable on both planets.

Cover Image: NASA