back to article Lightning just as frightening on Jupiter as it is on Earth

Lightning is strikingly similar on Jupiter as it is on Earth, data from the Juno probe has revealed. A study of data from the NASA hardware has shown that pulses during the birth of lightning on the distant gas giant occur at a similar rate to our terrestrial orb, despite the two planets' considerable differences in size and …

  1. jollyboyspecial

    How did you not work Galileo into that headline?

    1. Arthur the cat Silver badge

      Don't forget Figaro.

  2. anonymous boring coward Silver badge

    I would be more frightened of being boiled and crushed.

    1. Grogan Silver badge

      They wouldn't bring humans anywhere near Jupiter. If the gravity well didn't get you, the radiation would (from funneled "solar winds"). You wouldn't land humans on most of its moons either, for the same reason (maybe Callisto). I wouldn't think a probe would last long in Jupiter's atmosphere either, you wouldn't be able to get data from very deep.

  3. _Elvi_

    " .. And now on RADIO Jupiter; ..."

    .. That new hot tune, triggering tapping tentacles all across the Big Red dance floor ..

    The Jovian whistlers with: "Diamonds keep raining on my head... "

  4. spold Silver badge

    Advice to Jovians

    ...don't shelter under trees

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