
January 10th 11, 11:12 PM
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OTish - NASA's Fermi Catches Thunderstorms Hurling Antimatterinto Space
On Jan 10, 11:18*pm, "
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Scientists using NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope have detected
beams of antimatter produced above thunderstorms on Earth, a
phenomenon never seen before.
Scientists think the antimatter particles were formed in a terrestrial
gamma-ray flash (TGF), a brief burst produced inside thunderstorms and
shown to be associated with lightning. It is estimated that about 500
TGFs occur daily worldwide, but most go undetected.
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/GL...derstorms.html
Thanks for posting that. It is the most interesting thing I have ever
seen mentioned here!
Cheers, Alastair.
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