Does Lightning come from Space?

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Clive say: No.
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Zheia say: There is Fohat which is cosmic electricity. It is likely that dust clouds in space could produce lightning if the dust and surrounding gases are dense enough.
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MysteryGuy say: No. Cloud.
charge particles become unstable and then boom.
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Old Man Dirt say: There is a form of lightening call the "Aurora Borealis" which is seen as cosmic energy ionizes the atmosphere.
So yes some of it comes from space but it is not the type normally associated with storms.
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Ronald 7 say: No
It comes from Cumulonimbus Clouds created by rising Warm Air
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Adullah M say: When you see the lightening and then later on about 3 seconds ,hear the thunder ,then its mean that the rainy cloud is about 1 kilometer away from us.
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Jerry S say: no, from clouds.
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Jeffrey K say: No. It comes from clouds.
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say: no earth creates it itself but i seem to remember a paper years ago saying that cosmic rays could also be involved in some storms.
but that is not to say lightning doesn't exist on other planets because it does and there are also conditions in space that could experience lightning.
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ALESS say: No. From clouds.
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Bill-M say: No. From Clouds.
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Jim say: Nope.
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