Articles by Charles Choi, LiveScience
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‘Dark Lightning’ Zaps Airline Passengers with Radiation
Charles Choi, LiveScience – TRANSCEND Media Service,
15 Apr 2013
“Dark lightning” that is almost invisible within clouds may regularly blast airline passengers with large numbers of gamma rays, Worryingly, terrestrial gamma-ray flashes can occur near the same altitudes at which commercial aircraft regularly fly. Past research has also found these flashes hurl beams of antimatter into space. Researchers detailed their findings on April 10, 2013 at a meeting of the European Geosciences Union in Vienna.
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