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Jupiter’s night of fury: lightning superstorms on the solar system’s giant

When night falls on Jupiter, colossal storms rage across the gas giant, producing lightning bolts up to 100,000 times more ...
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Hailstorms on Jupiter Pelt Giant Slushee Balls of Ammonia And Water

Weather on Jupiter may have some surprising similarities to Earth phenomena, but some things it does defy easy explanation. Now, scientists have come up with one to explain the strange compositional ...
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Efforts to protect giant sequoias as lightning brings new challenges to Garnet Fire

Firefighters are making progress on the Garnet Fire, but concerns persist as the weather takes a turn. On Monday, we learned that the cause of the fire was due to lightning. Tuesday morning, lightning ...

From bolts to blue jets, lightning comes in many strange forms

Lightning has captured people's fascination for millennia. It's embedded in mythology, religion and popular culture. Think of ...
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Giant sequoia trees burn in California wildfire sparked by lightning

FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — A lightning-sparked wildfire in California’s Sierra National Forest burned Tuesday through a grove of giant sequoias and set some of the ancient towering trees on fire. Wildland ...