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Nearby Venus is looking a bit more Earth-like with frequent bursts of lightning confirmed by a new European space probe.
For nearly three decades, astronomers have said Venus probably had lightning - ever since a 1978 NASA probe showed signs of electrical activity in its atmosphere. But experts weren't sure because of signal interference.
http://news.wired.com/dynamic/stories/V/VENUS_LIGHTNING?SITE=WIRE&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2007-11-28-21-27-32
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/11/29/venus_lightning/