The explanation appears to be rather pedestrian by mad science standards, but it's cool to know. And it does make one wonder what else the Universe may be up to.
The unusual positron signature seen by Fermi suggests that the normal orientation for an electric field associated with a lightning storm somehow reversed, Briggs said.
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Date: 2009-11-09 05:49 pm (UTC)The unusual positron signature seen by Fermi suggests that the normal orientation for an electric field associated with a lightning storm somehow reversed, Briggs said.
It reversed the polarity! Just like Star Trek!
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