Signature of antimatter detected in lightning

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Fermi telescope finds evidence that positrons, not just electrons, are in storms on Earth

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WASHINGTON — Designed to scan the heavens thousands to billions of light-years beyond the solar system for gamma rays, the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope has also picked up a shocking vibe from Earth. During its first 14 months of operation, the flying observatory has detected 17 gamma-ray flashes associated with terrestrial storms — and some of those flashes have contained a surprising signature of antimatter.

During two recent lightning storms, Fermi recorded gamma-ray emissions of a particular energy that could have been produced only by the decay of energetic positrons, the antimatter equivalent of electrons. The observations are the first of their kind for lightning storms. Michael Briggs of the University of Alabama in Huntsville announced the puzzling findings November 5 at the 2009 Fermi Symposium.
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http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/49288/title/Signature_of_antimatter_detected_in_lightning

 

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This is very interesting, thank you for posting this.

Two years ago the local crazy guy in my town told me about lightning and mig welders producing fusion and antimatter, he also had an old chevy bel air that he was trying to power with cold fusion.

I didnt take him seriously at the time, perhaps I should have listened when he told me to line my bed with lays potato chip bags to conceal me from the draconian scanner drones.

Anyways, very good read.