A single lightning bolt on Jupiter can carry ten thousand times more energy than Earth's
Jupiter's atmosphere produces colossal lightning bolts that release ten trillion joules of energy, dwarfing the electrical power of Earth's storms and illuminating the Jovian clouds with unprecedented intensity.
A single lightning bolt on Jupiter can carry up to ten thousand times more energy than those found on Earth. These massive electrical discharges release approximately 10 trillion joules of energy, which is equivalent to detonating 2,400 tons of TNT. NASA's Juno spacecraft has recorded these storms stretching over 3,000 kilometers wide, producing an average of three flashes every second.
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