Was?
Huh. This was discovered thanks to an very unlikely and specific series of events. Neat.
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God got impatient and threw us a hint so we can hurry up and get to the space operas
In all seriousness that is really, really cool.
edited 11th Jan '11 11:33:02 PM by Pykrete
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Seriously, I feel kinda sorry for people who believe in Measuring the Marigolds. The things that science discovers are no less face-meltingly awesome than supposed everyday "Miracles".
Well, holy shit. Perhaps we can exploit this somehow to produce anti-matter in greater quantities.
Probably wouldn't be possible, but if it was, it would be glorious...though dangerous. >_>
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Helmsman, warp five!
i. hear. a. sound.
literary masochist
Stuff like this is why I love science.
This "faculty lot" you speak of sounds like a place of great power...
scratching at .8, just hopin'
I see the Awesomeness.
That would be the most awesome job ever. "I ride into thunderstorms to get space ship fuel" is a job kids would murder each other for.
Fight smart, not fair.
See ALL the stars!
Oh fuck yes.
Now we can make anti-matter cannons.
"Who wants to hear about good stuff when the bottom of the abyss of human failure that you know doesn't exist is so much greater?"-Wraith
Who Am I?
Apparently very small. It's less a beam than a cloud of electrons and positrons running up and down the earth's magnetic lines. All this is a result of something called a "Terrestrial Gamma Ray Flash" that sounds even more interesting than the anti-matter. Lightning produces gamma rays, huh. That should be reproducible in a lab.
"We learn from history that we do not learn from history.""Can a terrestrial gamma ray flash give me superpowers?" That's the important question to ask here.
i. hear. a. sound.
*is party pooper, and complains to people who want the antimatter to be used to create LAZOR beams* XD
Only Sane Fox
It's spelt "LASER". The word comes from an acronym: "Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation".
You don't need antimatter to make a laser beam. There are a few ways of doing it which have been around for years. The most common is semiconductor laser diodes, such as the one used in your computer's DVD drive.
Accidental mistakes are forgivable, intentional ones are not.
^I hate it when people answer to my jokes seriously. It makes me wonder what I did do wrong.
Lost in Space
That's amazing. Nature's work at its finest, humbling us. The amount produced is not likely to be practical to use or even collect, but hey, it's cool to see.
"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"
I see the Awesomeness.
Yeah, gotta remember that part. But hell, how would you like to go to career day and say "Hi, I'm Fighteer, I fly jets into thunderstorms to collect particles left by lightning that may be used as starship fuel one day. For Science!."?
Fight smart, not fair.
Night Clerk of the Apacalypse.
If I remember they detected the gamma with specialized satellite equipment when they found out the lighting emits gamma rays. I could dig through the article dump and try to find the article I had posted about it if it is still around.
Nuts it is an article from 2009 you have to subscribe to access it.
edited 15th Jan '11 4:37:56 PM by TuefelHundenIV
Who watches the watchmen?
Cmdr. of His Supremacy's Armed Forces
Anti-matter particle beams, I don't care what they are, it sounds bloody awesome!
edited 29th Mar '11 3:09:41 AM by Steventheman
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Whoa!
Seriously, read that. Lightning really CAN do anything! Including making anti-matter. That is pretty much the science fiction equivalent of wizards riding dinosaurs, right there.