What's in a thunderstorm? Antimatter, for one

Tuesday, January 11, 2011 - 20:33 in Astronomy & Space

Scientists are surprised to discover that lightning emits powerful bursts of antimatter into space.To the great surprise of physicists and meteorologists alike, NASA's orbiting Fermi gamma-ray observatory has discovered that thunderstorms are emitting powerful bursts of antimatter into space.

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