News Planetary Science Here’s another strike against Venus having copious lightning Electromagnetic disturbances in its atmosphere were generated by another energy source 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 Share this:EmailFacebookTwitterPinterestPocketRedditPrint By Sid Perkins October 16, 2023 at 7:00 am Venus has long been depicted as having a hellish atmosphere.