Editing Lightning (section)

=== Extraterrestrial ===
Lightning has been observed within the [[Celestial body atmosphere|atmospheres]] of [[planet]]s other than Earth, such as [[Jupiter]], [[Saturn]],<ref name=":3" /> and probably [[Uranus]] and [[Neptune]].<ref name=":3">{{Cite journal |last1=Harrison |first1=R. G. |last2=Aplin |first2=K. L. |last3=Leblanc |first3=F. |last4=Yair |first4=Y. |date=June 1, 2008 |title=Planetary Atmospheric Electricity |url=https://doi.org/10.1007/s11214-008-9419-z |journal=Space Science Reviews |language=en |volume=137 |issue=1 |pages=5–10 |doi=10.1007/s11214-008-9419-z |bibcode=2008SSRv..137....5H |s2cid=122675522 |issn=1572-9672}}</ref> Lightning on Jupiter is far more energetic than on Earth, despite seeming to be generated via the same mechanism. Recently, a new type of lightning was detected on Jupiter, thought to originate from "mushballs" including ammonia.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Becker |first1=Heidi N. |last2=Alexander |first2=James W. |last3=Atreya |first3=Sushil K. |last4=Bolton |first4=Scott J. |last5=Brennan |first5=Martin J. |last6=Brown |first6=Shannon T. |last7=Guillaume |first7=Alexandre |last8=Guillot |first8=Tristan |last9=Ingersoll |first9=Andrew P. |last10=Levin |first10=Steven M. |last11=Lunine |first11=Jonathan I. |last12=Aglyamov |first12=Yury S. |last13=Steffes |first13=Paul G. |date=August 2020 |title=Small lightning flashes from shallow electrical storms on Jupiter |url=https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-020-2532-1 |journal=Nature |language=en |volume=584 |issue=7819 |pages=55–58 |doi=10.1038/s41586-020-2532-1 |pmid=32760043 |bibcode=2020Natur.584...55B |s2cid=220980694 |issn=1476-4687}}</ref> On Saturn, lightning, initially referred to as "Saturn Electrostatic Discharge", was discovered by the [[Voyager 1]] mission.<ref name=":3" />

Lightning on Venus has been a controversial subject after decades of study. During the Soviet [[Venera]] and U.S. [[Pioneer program|Pioneer]] missions of the 1970s and 1980s, signals suggesting lightning may be present in the upper atmosphere were detected.<ref name="plasma">{{cite journal|url=http://www-ssc.igpp.ucla.edu/~strange/JATP_paper/JATP_title.html|title=Plasma Wave Evidence for Lightning on Venus|access-date=September 24, 2007|journal=Journal of Atmospheric and Terrestrial Physics|volume=57|pages=537–556|date=1995|author=Strangeway, Robert J.|bibcode=1995JATP...57..537S|doi=10.1016/0021-9169(94)00080-8|issue=5|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071012160656/http://www-ssc.igpp.ucla.edu/~strange/JATP_paper/JATP_title.html|archive-date=October 12, 2007}}</ref> The short [[Cassini–Huygens]] mission fly-by of Venus in 1999 detected no signs of lightning, but radio pulses recorded by the spacecraft ''[[Venus Express]]'' (which began orbiting Venus in April 2006) may originate from lightning on Venus.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Lorenz |first=Ralph D. |date=June 20, 2018 |title=Lightning detection on Venus: a critical review |journal=Progress in Earth and Planetary Science |volume=5 |issue=1 |pages=34 |doi=10.1186/s40645-018-0181-x |bibcode=2018PEPS....5...34L |s2cid=49563740 |issn=2197-4284|doi-access=free }}</ref>