How Bizarre Astronomy

Earth has nothing on this exoplanet’s lightning storms

HAT-P-11b has some intense electric weather

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EXOPLANET SPARKS Lightning storms on Earth (shown) pale in comparison to those speculated to occur on HAT-P-11b, a planet 124 light-years away.

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By Christopher Crockett

- More than 2 years ago

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