NASA’s Fermi detects antimatter emitted from thunderstorms

According to NASA, their Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope has detected antimatter coming from thunderstorms.  Apparently the storms act like particle accelerators and as a consequence, a stream of antimatter is created.  Rather than trying to explain it myself, I will let NASA do it in this cool video below.

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