Lightning Is Creating Antimatter In The Atmosphere
http://www.iflscience.com/physics/lightn...tmosphere/
EXCERPT: [...] Not only did they pick up on high levels of gamma radiation matching several lightning strikes, but they also picked up on very specific energy signatures that followed on shortly thereafter. These signatures could only be matched to one very specific set of situations. Unstable carbon, nitrogen and oxygen isotopes were being produced by gamma ray interactions. They then naturally emitted neutrons, neutrinos and antimatter poistrons. This antimatter was then quickly and explosively annihilated upon making contact with electrons. This study provides the first unequivocal evidence that lightning can generate nuclear reactions within our atmosphere....
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The Worst Theoretical Prediction in the History of Physics
https://www.realclearscience.com/blog/20...ysics.html
EXCERPT: [...] An so, quantum physicists are in a bit of a pickle. Making slight tweaks to theoretical estimates narrows the ginormous gap considerably, but our best theories from quantum mechanics still overestimate the influence of dark energy by sixty orders of magnitude.
"Yes, we're clueless," astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson admitted in his recent book Astrophysics for People in a Hurry. "But it's not abject cluelessness. Dark energy is not adrift, with nary a theory to anchor it. Dark energy inhabits one of the safest harbors we can imagine: Einstein's equations of general relativity."
The observed energy density of empty space fits wonderfully within the standard model of Big Bang cosmology, which satisfyingly accounts for the cosmic microwave background, the abundance of basic elements, and the acceleration of the expansion of the universe. At the core of the standard model lies general relativity, one of the most successful theories ever devised. So in the battle of dark energy vs. quantum mechanics, dark energy unquestionably has the upper hand....
MORE: https://www.realclearscience.com/blog/20...ysics.html
http://www.iflscience.com/physics/lightn...tmosphere/
EXCERPT: [...] Not only did they pick up on high levels of gamma radiation matching several lightning strikes, but they also picked up on very specific energy signatures that followed on shortly thereafter. These signatures could only be matched to one very specific set of situations. Unstable carbon, nitrogen and oxygen isotopes were being produced by gamma ray interactions. They then naturally emitted neutrons, neutrinos and antimatter poistrons. This antimatter was then quickly and explosively annihilated upon making contact with electrons. This study provides the first unequivocal evidence that lightning can generate nuclear reactions within our atmosphere....
MORE: http://www.iflscience.com/physics/lightn...tmosphere/
The Worst Theoretical Prediction in the History of Physics
https://www.realclearscience.com/blog/20...ysics.html
EXCERPT: [...] An so, quantum physicists are in a bit of a pickle. Making slight tweaks to theoretical estimates narrows the ginormous gap considerably, but our best theories from quantum mechanics still overestimate the influence of dark energy by sixty orders of magnitude.
"Yes, we're clueless," astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson admitted in his recent book Astrophysics for People in a Hurry. "But it's not abject cluelessness. Dark energy is not adrift, with nary a theory to anchor it. Dark energy inhabits one of the safest harbors we can imagine: Einstein's equations of general relativity."
The observed energy density of empty space fits wonderfully within the standard model of Big Bang cosmology, which satisfyingly accounts for the cosmic microwave background, the abundance of basic elements, and the acceleration of the expansion of the universe. At the core of the standard model lies general relativity, one of the most successful theories ever devised. So in the battle of dark energy vs. quantum mechanics, dark energy unquestionably has the upper hand....
MORE: https://www.realclearscience.com/blog/20...ysics.html