17. Is there any static electricity in space? What about electrical storms? Is there any lightning in space? (A K2S Question)

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There is static electricity in Space. It comes from rubbing certain things together and building up an electrical charge. This happens whether there is air or no air. There are electrical storms that come indirectly from the Sun, called solar storms. They are different than the type of storms we are used too on Earth. These storms release energy in the form of gamma rays and electromagnetic radiation that causes similar problems on the earth like lightning storms. But there is no lightning in space because lightning comes from charges in clouds, and clouds come from air, and there is no air in space.

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Answer provided by John Cavallaro

Question and Answer extracted from the book Kids to Space - by Lonnie Schorer

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