Jupiter’s lightning bolts contort the same way as Earth’s

Collisions of water and ice might build electric charge in thunderclouds on both planets

An illustration of blue-gray clouds with bright blue and orange dots of light scattered throughout the image.

Lightning cavorts through Jupiter’s thunderclouds (illustrated) at a rhythm akin to bolts in Earth’s skies.

Gerald Eichstädt, MSSS, SwRI, JPL-Caltech/NASA

On Jupiter, lightning jerks and jolts a lot like it does on Earth.