Lightning Strikes Confirmed On Venus ; Probe Finds 'Definitive Evidence'
The Record, Bergen County, NJ › December 03, 2007
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WASHINGTON Nearby Venus is looking a bit more Earth-like with frequent bursts of lightning confirmed by a new European space probe.
For nearly three decades, astronomers have said Venus probably had lightning ever since a 1978 NASA probe showed signs of electrical activity in its atmosphere. But experts weren't sure because of signal interference. Now a magnetic antenna on the European Space Agency's Venus Express probe proved that the lightning was real.See the full content of this document
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Lightning Strikes Confirmed On Venus ; Probe Finds 'Definitive Evidence'
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