NASA’s Juno mission spots eerie green light on Jupiter: Here’s what scientists think it is

USA today

By Gabe Hauari

June 20 2023

A NASA spacecraft spotted an eerie green light coming from Jupiter.

The light is believed to be the glow from a bolt of lightning near the planet’s north pole.

Unlike Earth, where lightning bolts originate from water clouds and happen most frequently near the equator, lightning on Jupiter occurs in clouds containing an ammonia-water solution, and most often occurs near the poles, according to NASA.

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