Jovian lightning, which occurs as frequently as the phenomenon does on Earth, was first spotted by NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft over 40 years ago. Back then, the well-traveled probe picked up faint ...

During late summer, the U.S. is often hammered by roiling storms and buffeted by icy hail. But on Jupiter, it’s always thunderstorm season. Scientists have known about lightning on the gas giant ...

Small, frequent lightning storms zip across Jupiter’s cloud tops. NASA’s Juno spacecraft spotted the flashes for the first time, scientists report August 5 in Nature. “It’s a very exotic ...