This idea dates back to the Russians in the early 1970s. The surface of Venus is far too hot, and the atmosphere too dense, for Earth life. However, our air is a lifting gas on Venus with about half the lifting power of helium on Earth.
For years, experts haven t agreed on whether Venus lightning is truly lightning. New data from NASA s sun-kissing spacecraft may have settled the debate.
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