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| Thunderstorms Hurling Antimatter into Space | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Jan 11 2011, 04:01 PM (246 Views) | |
| LarryOldtimer | Jan 11 2011, 04:01 PM Post #1 |
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The Man!!!
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http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/GLAST/news/fermi-thunderstorms.html NASA's Fermi Catches Thunderstorms Hurling Antimatter into Space01.10.11 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. "These signals are the first direct evidence that thunderstorms make antimatter particle beams," said Michael Briggs, a member of Fermi's Gamma-ray Burst Monitor (GBM) team at the University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH). He presented the findings Monday, during a news briefing at the American Astronomical Society meeting in Seattle. (more) A new source of gamma rays. Terrestrial gamma-ray flashes (TGFs) . We're all going to die from gamma rays (hah-hah) when the yellow journalists get wind of this. |
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| The Mule | Jan 12 2011, 05:39 AM Post #2 |
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Beast of Burden
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.....only if you're out in space...down here its still the lightning that,ll kill ya... |
| ...I knew I should have picked a higher mammal.... | |
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