NASA's Fermi Catches Thunderstorms Hurling Antimatter Into Space

Space Daily ^ | January 11, 2011 | Staff Writers

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks decimon, The Comedian, and Pyro7480!

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[decimon]

Fermilab is going to be shut down.

They found the ETs?

[MHGinTN]

I wonder if this is why UFOs —the big ones— seem to like coasting over thunder storms at high altitude? ... Recharging perhaps? Perhaps strong anti-matter burdsts make it easier to transition form one where/when realm to another?

[MHGinTN]

I wonder if this is why UFOs —the big ones— seem to like coasting over thunder storms at high altitude? ... Recharging perhaps? Perhaps strong anti-matter bursts make it easier to transition form one where/when realm to another?

[April Lexington]

Hurling Antimatter into space! Does the EPA know about this!?! This can only be the work of one man... George W. Bush!

[April Lexington]

No problem. Sub-atomic particles will simply be traded as a commodity. It will be known as the SAP market.

Whereupon, the EPA will begin regulating this "man made" pollutant...

[Charles Martel]

"Wanted: Quarky sense of humor for short-term relationship...

The Source is strong with this one...

[The Comedian]

Frowning takes 68 muscles.
Smiling takes 6.
Pulling this trigger takes 2.
I'm lazy.

[The Comedian]

I wonder if this is why UFOs —the big ones— seem to like coasting over thunder storms at high altitude? ... Recharging perhaps? Perhaps strong anti-matter bursts make it easier to transition form one where/when realm to another?

Makes perfect sense to me. But then, I've grown up with the knowledge that antimatter is the natural food of starships.

Frowning takes 68 muscles.
Smiling takes 6.
Pulling this trigger takes 2.
I'm lazy.

[Scythian]

NASA Photoshop need another grant ping !

[TheOldLady]

Those are really cute teacups.

[Joe 6-pack]

"I was to blame for Maryk's incompetence. Maryk was the perfect officer, but not Queeg. But the electrons, that's where I had them. I proved with geometric logic that a duplicate key to the icebox existed."

[SunkenCiv]

Gremlins.

[gleeaikin]

And now you have the explanation for the Bermuda Triangle. ;-)

[Condor51]

Anti Matter?!?!
Ohhhh Nooooooo!!!!
We're all gonna DIE!!!!

nyt: 'Women, Children & Minorities to be hit hardest'

[Hot Tabasco]

beams of antimatter produced above thunderstorms on Earth, a phenomenon never seen before.

I've suspected that all along but could never get visual verification due to the storm clouds being in the way........

[The Comedian]

One of the finest not-quite-a-whole-season TV shows ever.

Frowning takes 68 muscles.
Smiling takes 6.
Pulling this trigger takes 2.
I'm lazy.

[onedoug]

Though P-3s fly into hurricanes every season. They get bumped around alot, but I can´t recall the last time one went down. And before them, the typical storm-chaser was the Connie.

[TalonDJ]

That is mostly C-130s. But tropical storms have more horizontal winds that are easier for planes to deal with and more destructive to buildings. Thunderstorms are more vertical with updrafts and down drafts that are extremely powerful. Those, and the lightening, are what give planes the issues. Hurricanes don’t produce ionization capable of shooting antimatter into space.

[texas booster]

BTTT