hat if thunderstorms could create antimatter?

Far above ordinary lightning, powerful thunderstorms can produce some of the most energetic phenomena ever detected from Earth.

These events are called terrestrial gamma-ray flashes, or TGFs.

They last only fractions of a second, but they can produce intense bursts of gamma radiation and accelerate particles to extraordinary energies.

The Storms That Create Antimatter Above Our Heads explores the strange physics happening inside and above thunderstorms, where electric fields can accelerate electrons to near-light speeds.

When these energetic electrons interact with the atmosphere, they can generate gamma rays powerful enough to trigger the production of electron-positron pairs.

The positron is the antimatter counterpart of the elect ...