NASA: Fermi Satellite detects antimatter creation in thunderstorms
Posted by JAC on 1/11/2011, 5:53 am
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/GLAST/news/fermi-thunderstorms.html


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