Antimatter detected streaming from storms

[DEATH eVADER]

Well, well, thunderstorms seem to get more interesting the more we learn about them and their awesome power.

A space telescope has accidentally spotted thunderstorms on Earth producing beams of antimatter.
Such storms have long been known to give rise to fleeting sparks of light called terrestrial gamma-ray flashes.
But results from the Fermi telescope show they also give out streams of electrons and their antimatter counterparts, positrons.

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To be honest, I'm not surprised given the interesting phenomena that has been officially recorded from storms such as ball lightning, jets, sprites, elves, etc.

 

[No Limit]

Great, the end is near. Just imagine what Kim Jong Il can do with this when he finds out.

 

[ríomhaire]

Aw I was gonna post this

 

[Warped]

Read this today and it sounds awesome. Harness the power of nature!

 

[PvtRyan]

I think it's pretty cool that PET scans use antimatter as well (positrons) for imaging.

 

[Avoidist]

Once you have gamma rays being emitted, you have the energies required to produce positrons (1.022MeV minimum for pair production). The fact that the antimatter is beamed out as opposed to just following the patterns of gamma rays (in a similar manner to a cosmic air shower), and that they can travel so far is what's truly intriguing - it's probably the result of the intense electric and magnetic fields.