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| Quote: | 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.
Fermi is designed to monitor gamma rays, the highest energy form of light. When antimatter striking Fermi collides with a particle of normal matter, both particles immediately are annihilated and transformed into gamma rays. The GBM has detected gamma rays with energies of 511,000 electron volts, a signal indicating an electron has met its antimatter counterpart, a positron.
Although Fermi's GBM is designed to observe high-energy events in the universe, it's also providing valuable insights into this strange phenomenon. The GBM constantly monitors the entire celestial sky above and the Earth below. The GBM team has identified 130 TGFs since Fermi's launch in 2008. |
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-12158718
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/GLAST/news/fermi-thunderstorms.html
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| Posted: Wed Jan 12, 2011 9:26 am Post subject:
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Will wonders never cease?
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Yeah, saw that one the other day. Pretty freaking cool.
Now you know what all them thar UFOs is doin' up thar in space: harvesting anti-matter er some sh!t like dat. |
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Now you know what all them thar UFOs is doin' up thar in space: harvesting anti-matter er some sh!t like dat. |
Oh yeah? You seen 'dis sh!t' have you?   
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I wonder, could we harvest these positrons and use them to make positronic music? Head over to www.positro-music.com to discuss the (anti)matter! 
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| v-un-v wrote: | | emdot_ambient wrote: |
Now you know what all them thar UFOs is doin' up thar in space: harvesting anti-matter er some sh!t like dat. |
Oh yeah? You seen 'dis sh!t' have you? |
Hell yeeah! I seed it on Utube! |
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Didn't Carlo write a song called "Gamma"-something?
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