This can lead to a runaway or “avalanche” of electrons that can emit bremsstrahlung gamma rays if they reach relativistic speeds. “We made a simultaneous detection of gamma rays and energetic ...

Scientists have discovered intense bursts of gamma rays from thunderclouds. Using special aircraft to fly near the clouds, researchers believe the new insights into how lightning is produced will ...

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Thunderstorms give out powerful blasts of gamma rays and x-rays, shooting beams of particles—and even antimatter—into space. The atmosphere is a stranger place than we ever imagined ...

For nearly a century, pilots have reported seeing mysterious red flashes above thunderstorms, initially dismissed as myths. These elusive phenomena, known as red sprites, are now captured by ...

Exploding stars help us understand thunderclouds on Earth. ScienceDaily . Retrieved June 2, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2015 / 04 / 150422084218.htm ...

Rogue Antimatter Found in Thunderclouds. A detector fitted on an airplane picked up a signature spike in photons that does not fit any known source of antiparticles.

It was discovered, more or less by coincidence, that cosmic rays provide suitable probes to measure electric fields within thunderclouds. This surprising finding is published in Physical Review ...

Often associated with volcanoes, scientists are now noticing clusters of PyroCbs in wildfires. Here's what to know about these smoke-filled thunderclouds.

Over the course of their experiment, they fired laser pulses for nearly 6 1/2 hours at thunderclouds, while the tower was hit 16 times by lightning. Out of the 16 lightning strikes, ...