From WASP-76b's iron rain, Titan's methane lakes to Jupiter's lightning storm: Four cases of alien weather
FirstpostIn this search for life, astronomers have found a huge variety of potential worlds out there. Winds on Mars Mars has a completely different weather system to Earth, mainly because of how dry the planet is and how thin the atmosphere is. The recent first powered flight on Mars by the Nasa helicopter Ingenuity was amazing – not only for the exploration factor but because rotor blades provide so little lift in the thin atmosphere, which is roughly two percent of that on the Earth’s surface. Its counter to this thin atmosphere is a double set of large blades rotating at around 2,500 revolutions per minute, roughly equivalent to a drone rotor speed but much faster than a passenger helicopter. But on Jupiter, the stability of the atmosphere means most convection and turbulence occurs near the polar regions, which is where the lightning strikes mainly happen.
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NASA’s Juno Spacecraft Captures Mysterious Lightning Glow On Jupiter
Hindustan Times
Jupiter is struck by neon green lightning bolt in stunning Nasa photo
The Independent
NASA spacecraft documents how Jupiter's lightning resembles Earth's
The Hindu
Iron rain and methane lakes: Alien weather on far away planets
The Independent
Iron rain could be falling on this hot exoplanet
CNN
Lightning storms discovered on Jupiter surprisingly similar to those on Earth
The Independent
Want to see how a raging storm on Jupiter looks like? Here's an unbelievable NASA photograph
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Check Out Juno’s Stirring Closeups of Jupiter’s Great Red Spot
Wired
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