Here’s another strike against Venus having copious lightning

Electromagnetic disturbances in its atmosphere were generated by another energy source

An illustration of the Parker Solar Probe in front of Venus.

Marked by quick frequency changes from high to low, whistler waves detected in the atmosphere of Venus by the Parker Solar Probe (illustrated here) during a flyby in 2021 weren’t triggered by lightning, a new study suggests.

Steve Gribben/Johns Hopkins APL/NASA

Venus has long been depicted as having a hellish atmosphere.