NASA | Terrestrial Gamma-ray Flashes Create Antimatter

[ThePhantom710]

Yes...because Gamma rays and antimatter are always a good thing to have

[Jaxurcar1]

Needs testing to prove if the electron positron pair is created, or just a positron is created by the y-ray electron interaction. If the ladder proves true, we have a way out of the energy crisis.

[ThePhantom710]

@Jaxurcar1

True...but it would take decades to harvest even a few grams of antimatter produced by thunderstorms.

[Rips4Dayzzz]

I Like Turtles!!!!!!!!

[rasheeqhere]

@Mexicanlifes It is possible to collect antimatter if we use a magnetic 'bottle' so it is isolated from matter

[ThePhantom710]

@rasheeqhere

Possibly. the tricky part is getting antimatter into the bottle and not have it interact with matter before there is a chance to harvest it. However, it is a much more efficient way than generating our own antimatter

[Mexicanlifes]

there is no way to collect the antimatter as it would destroy the collection unit because it would be made of matter (as is our universe) and they would cancel each other out i.e. explosion of both.when the anitmatter is created in space it explodes because as I said brfore our universe is made of matter.

[diyroof]

Good! Really would like very much more!

[rkmugen]

If the stuff in this video is true, is there any way to harness all of that antimatter? In 1999, NASA said (at least in Wikipedia) that the cost to "create" a single gram of antimatter (in this case anti-hydrogen) in a particle accelerator can be in the ballpark of $62.5 trillion.

There should be research done for building Earth-orbital antimatter collectors and onboard devices to store it in for retrieval by sophisticated drones.

[YoutuJ3eJ3lows]

Absolutely astonishing!

[ntt688]

science

[a2zawesomeness]

Sound Effect

[favre4beast]

why wouldn't the positron explode the second it is creates, as it is in contact with other atoms in the air?

[ecobenoman]

@favre4beast Interesting point

[KittJT2]

so cool

[com0oan]

Remembers me of the secret projects from Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri

[420LyricalGenius]

now make a space craft out of that Anti Matter & GO experience the new dimention of a BLACK HOLE.

[fermi1234]

nice 

[FortNikitaBullion]

Technically these aren't gamma-rays, since they are still produced outside of the nucleus through the deceleration in electrons. A gamma-ray can only be produced in the nucleus, by definition. These are simply high-energy X-rays.

[qed100]

@FortNikitaBullion It's the nature of nuclear transitions that they generate radiation with some minimum frequency; anything less cannot be nuclear in origin. So it's become a convention that nuclear photons are gammas. But that's really all it is, a convention. There are other mechanisms which emit light much more energetic than can come from nuclear transitions, but it's still referred to as gamma, by convention. It's just a way of streamlining communication. The photons don't care. :)

[MrMikeMrMikeMrMikeMr]

@FortNikitaBullion I don't know the exact definition of gamma-rays, but I defininitly know, that there aren't x-rays, because x-rays are high energy electrons.

[FlashFizz]

@MrMikeMrMikeMrMikeMr

Oh no. X-rays are photons, not electrons. Electrons may be used to generate x-rays, however.

[MrMikeMrMikeMrMikeMr]

@FlashFizz oh you are right... damit :D



[FortNikitaBullion]

@MrMikeMrMikeMrMikeMr No, those are cathode rays (or beta rays if produced by radioactivity).

[MrMikeMrMikeMrMikeMr]

@FortNikitaBullion ur right... i failed here. 

[MidnightRedemption]

i thought a chuck of antimatter is spotted :|

[DinadanX]

How awesome would it be if it were possible to collect antimatter from electrical storms, instead of building huge expensive facilities like CERN. We could be one step closer to interstellar travel.

[eujeeves]

@DinadanX I dont know, we may collect antimatter but not in this millenia nor even this planet. Just a teaspoon of antimatter can flatten New York city. That's why we have CERN to better understand these volatile particles and discover better alternatives. With traveling to other stars, I dont think we would physically be able to do it, the only real practical way I think we could achieve it would be to setup stations where we'd beam or teleport ourselves, but you would have to destroy old self.

[AtilaSic89]

@eujeeves if you told to your grand grand father that he could send a picture to hes aunt to other side of the earth in a matter of seconds he would tell you that you are crazy. and look on facebook and other social sites, its common practice today, for future us, ( if we survive next 500 or more years) i bet we would "evolve" our technology in same way as iron age "evolved" into silicon age.

[Snacks4Scooby]

The TGF's are mainly above fault lines. Do you think that the static discharge from below the earth add to the effect?

[HueyTheDoctor87]

Could this possibly explain thar infamous 'directed energy weapon/particle beam' footage from the NASA STS mission?

[rockonmario]

great!I just can't wait to see how the world is going to be destroyed by antimatter...

[mtlh05]

Now we can power our Starships!

[dahalla]

@Gumby553 that would mean the end our solar system... Way worse the all the nukes we have combined

[EgadsNo]

@dahalla I would actually rather all of our nukes be anti-matter bombs of equivalent strength. They would create far less fallout- if I recall right none since it is a perfect matter to energy conversion. Perhaps the explosive force would catalyze other reactions yielding radioactive isotopes- but would still be less then conventional nukes.

1 gram of anti matter (+1 gram of normal) packs the same amount of energy potential as 9 space shuttles (with booster rockets) worth of chemical energy.

[yurpadre]

DO THE GAMMA RAY'S EVER GO DOWNWARD TO EARTH?

[couchpotatodx]

@yurpadre Yes

[StrikaAmaru]

@yurpadre YES THEY DO! AND THROUGH EARTH AS WELL! WHY ARE YOU SHOUTING?

[Renegade30]

@StrikaAmaru LOUD NOISES!!

[AluminumStudios]

@yurpadre I'm not a NASA scientist, but I'm pretty sure I can answer that. Yes, the gamma rays shoot in all directions randomly. The Earth's atmosphere is relatively opaque to gamma rays however and so they are absorbed long before getting to a low altitude. This is why gamma ray telescopes have to be in orbit, we can't see gamma rays originating in space from the ground.

[leceal]

Yeah thumbs up for this video, very very interesting!

[evenros]

Antimatter, ey...? We're coming for ya, God! ;D

[Gumby553]

Imagine weaponizing antimatter.

[THCPiLLZ]

wow

[shkwave99]

I like you. Be my friend please?

[kirox777]

i thought gamma rays are rare and only occur with crazy intense events like stars exploding... how do baby thunderstorms make gamma rays??

[richbah127]

if the anti-matter makes contact with matter, do they do an explosion?

[shkwave99]

@richbah127 not sure, but I think it would be more like mutual-annihilation....not sure if an explosion would accompany this. But I am not a scientist. I am a lit student. Double entendre. Tee-hee.

[richbah127]

@shkwave99I watched Dr. Michio Kaku explaining how works the anti-matter in Discovery Channel, and he said that if there is a Michio Kaku made of anti-matter, and do contact with him, they explode together

[TheNinthWorld]

@richbah127 I believe when matter and anti matter collide, they do make an explosion of sorts, but one atom, or sub-atomic particle of anti-mater colliding with matter would not produce a big enough explosion to even be seen by the human eye

[admin10077]

if they will be only able to collect it and use as a fuel for spacecrafts

[sky01100111]

Photons - Ephrons and phrotons = music

[xmodsdude]

I like the thunder sound at the beginning. It shook my house...

[adamrspears1981]

Is the Anti-Christ made up completely of antimatter? If Christ and the Anti-Christ decide to "Kiss and make up", should they hug one another? Is this why Good and Evil are always dueling? How do we know that Noah's wife was a blonde?...Because he caught her trying to smuggle 2 termites on board the Ark!

[HelionSF]

So, the anti-electrons when contact a electron produce a explosion. The thousands of same explosions in the same second formed the thunder, that because we hear a big "explosion" atfter each flash.

[nagualdesign]

It was all good up until 2:20, when she assumed that rediculous tone of voice that everyone in the media and advertising uses these days. The fact that antimatter is being created during thunderstorms is rendered no more impressive by using a silly voice, is it!

[HawmQuinzy]

No Fermi, you are the Gamma Rays.

And then Fermi was an antimatter.

[vincentkaprat]

You are watching the origin of a future superhero. 

[Lastindependentthink]

That is just too Kool...

[duhrew3468]

I HAVE A BIG BLACK CLOCK!!!!!

Like if you think I said something else... :p

[Moonshield15]

@duhrew3468 Hey, kid. Shut the fuck up.

[acoustics101]

Who would have ever thought that antimatter can be produced by natural causes on earth without the need of a huge particle accelerator? This could very well cut down the cost of reasearch in this area.

[JollyPandaImports]

Awesome! - I think it's awesome... Do i get irradiated during thunderstorms?

[dodow1234]

now if we can capture sme of this antimatter and contain it somehow

[rgagne14]

amazing

[shadowace421]

"you may be witnessing antimatter, in the making!" Yea! and getting fucking radiated at the same time by it! im staying indoors!! fuck that!

[neurel111]

Antimatter is created every second in your room.

[Wag2112]

Okay - Lets have some Sprite collector panels in orbit

[RovaRusty]

but wtf is antimatter

[AlphaCrucis]

@RovaRusty

If I recall correctly, it is matter with all the same properties as matter except for opposite electric charge. Or maybe it's not just electric charge but opposite other properties too.

[SNoRRo]

@RovaRusty

It's in the name actually.

Matter is the stuff what the whole universe is made of.

Anti-matter is... the stuff oposite of what the universe is made of.

When matter and anti-matter hit eachother, they both dissappear from existance.

Well not really, they will probably turn into pure energy but nobody really knows

[mdupre0423]

yeeeees!

[KraisiKris]

We don't know everything about our flats but we leave... Funny ,-)

[BreakthelimitsJo]

we dont know everything about our planet earth but we are trying to explore other planets....how funy :)

[dajaal]

similer project was conducted by University of Moscow it was demonistraed one year ago in Paris

it is amazing

[jkyet]

My question is, why doesn't that anti matter annihilate with all the atoms of matter in the air before it gets out of the athmosphere???

[iamundergrace]

@jkyet ether that theory is hist or maybe it must be same element as antimatter. not sure tho

[AlphaCrucis]

@jkyet

I think much/some of the antimatter is annihilated in the atmosphere, but not all of it.

[marshallhippie]

and they had to cut NASA's budget, imagine how much more can learn about our own planet, and our universe, nice find NASA keep it up 

[KoKaTa]

@marshallhippie how bout we pause learning about "our own planet" and use the money to fix problems down here, like FEED THE HUNGRY!!!!!

[xxdfgxx]

@KoKaTa like americans need more food, scientist calculated, if all world would live like americans : THERE WOULDN'T BE ENOUGH 3 EARTH PLANETS FOR RESOURCES.

[KoKaTa]

@xxdfgxx i never said "feed the americans", i said FEED THE HUNGRY, by which i mean Africa, Asia, South America...the people that ACTUALLY need the food...fuck americans...they are overfed anyway...

[xxdfgxx]

@KoKaTa Well, then we should take food from americans, because there isn't much food for all world.

[KoKaTa]

@xxdfgxx and i absolutely agree....the waste of food here in the US sickens me....

[AgrivatedKillah]

@KoKaTa Why the fuck should we feed them? That's not our priority, fuck you.

[crawlcraft]

really nice discovery. also the report is excellent. good for you NASA.

[AnrichVS]

For those intrested but have no clue what is really going on, go check out UcBerkley's channel and search for Physics 10, it is a very good course, with a great professor.

[Cropduster777]

FUCK YEA ANTI MATTER

[SkyyCaptainn]

Science FTW!!!

Hopefuly understanding of this phenomena will one day lead to cheaper antimatter production methods.

[BYMYSYD]

once again, nature surprises us

[windatekili]

so what ? this would change my life in any way? i dont care the 2012 is comming

[toocoolforu]

Farfadet lightnings are amazing

[EdouardDubois]

Saved for future reference.

[superduperjew]

cooooooool

[2012StevoSaber]

so is this what's gonna kill us all in 2012 then? or at least ruin the London Olympics?

[Xamaza]

science i love you

[jiberish001]

Are you aware of a user by the name of OnLifeMars? He is showing a picture of this video and saying that those particle animations are ufos. He will remove any comment that tells the truth. Is there anything you can please do about this user? He has lied about a NASA photo more than once.

[mean71cuda]

Anyone else hear 'gamma rays' and think about getting hit by them and becoming 'the incredible hulk'? :P

[Mestilf22]

@mean71cuda Unfortunately you'd just become the incredible cancer patient. :(

[akatsukiwillreignter]

@mean71cuda Me

[ethicalbro]

I thought that anti-matter contacting matter produces an annihilation explosion, not a flash! NASA please make it clear.

[Doomcharger]

@ethicalbro You need a significant amount of Anti-matter for an explosion. But if you can contain and focus an Anti-matter explosion, you get the most fuel efficient engine imaginable.

[Rigo0Jancsi]

So Fermi is missing electrons now. Does this give the spacecraft a positive charge, or is this such a small amount of electrons that you can neglect this? Or are they replaced by the electrons created and travelling together with the positrons?

[GoreTorn16]

Incredible

[fokGoogol]

I totally love how atoms are depicted as clouds. FINALLY!

[SSTTEEAALLTTHH]

@fokGoogol

I agree. It has irritated me for years atoms are depicted as orbs, especially in chemistry when you really need the electron-cloud representation.

[mechachomp]

One wonders how we go from exploding plants one day to FREAKING AWESOME AMAZINGNESS the next. Tis the joy of science :L

[noggin100]

I have been studying tetra energy and downstream of this lighting for many years and came to the theoretical opinion the earth (our planet ) is + positive not – negative? We perhaps live like birds on a power line (Faraday Cage) or a charged planet .Lightning’s visible multiple discharges going to a negative cloud, not the other way around. Would any physicists like to have pop at me regarding the positrons action, as sited in this clip re my positive earth theory?

[Rusvi1]

wonders await us If we don't destroy ourselves...

[DanishAtheist]

@Rusvi1 good luck with that :)

[Saukko31]

Most fascinating video that I have watched in a long time. Amazing.

[TheAbbySciuto]

No fucking WAY. That's awesome.

[Curas1]

OMG! DOC BROWN WAS RIGHT!

FIRE UP THE DeLoreaN !!

[IFknHateUTube]

That's pretty cool

[TAMAL44]

lol.... i'm feel so alien alien

[sgtmcwallace]

wow

[darkangel2327]

Good to know

[aholydepression]

thats what UFOS are geting there energy from HEY NASA how are you doing with those ufos out in space ha ha dont worrie nana disclosure is comeing you dont need to cover it up any more lol

[jsamsonite07]

oooo fireworks

[VancouverDriver]

Gamma Rays... that's how Dr. Bruce Banner was transformed into the Hulk.

[mrteemumilto]

This is why they work at NASA.

[wizardsbane]

One of the most difficult and expensive things to synthesize is created as a daily occurrence on the planet earth. Goddamn I love nature <3

[OrphanPaper]

the explanation seems a bit thin , the space craft reflected the overcharge?( as with color? )and the over charge may have created more positrons? activating the second reflected burst , unless there was an convergence event down the line : ) at a guess

[archaedemos]

the way that the waves come back makes me think of communcation

[jasleil]

Wow.......

[voniak289]

AMAZING, NASA should create more creative videos like this that would actually be watched by a large number of people. I always wondered how NASA would pull off audiences that has interest in things like this

[Renegade30]

This is so much better than the older NASA videos, very interesting and theyre not talking to us like we're morons

[shkwave99]

@Renegade30 I know. Their public relations techniques are getting better all the time. Now let's just pump them the necessary funds for some serious long-range, manned space exploration!

[Skaarjguy]

That's really interesting. I thought t-storms were cool before but now they're amazingly awesome.

Also inb4politics

[PeXis]

Now just figure out how to produce cheap antimatter and we can finally get rid of the primitive rocket engines.

[tcpnet]

EPIC Intro.. Looks like NASA just hired some new graphic designers.

[tostrong4you]

Awesome, just awesome

[neobattle2]

so thunder storms can create anti matters of electrons? Cool ^^

[1RadicalOne]

Wait wait wait...gamma rays from thunderstorms?

Does this make them dangerous?

[sarkerm2]

@1RadicalOne well... no. as the vid explained the gamma rays are generated above the clouds and projected outward toward outer space so i think we're safe... FOR NOW!!! lol

[Alphasys]

@1RadicalOne Nothing to worry about. You're hit by radiation all the time. This is the so-called background radiation and life can cope with that, although it has the potential to cause damage to tissue and even cancer. The risk is negligible though and most of the times the damaged cell will just be replaced, something you do continuously anyway, as long as you live.

[hmanham]

@1RadicalOne Not really. The gamma rays (from what I gather of this video at least) seem to be directed away from the surface of the Earth.

[abradras]

@1RadicalOne yap, its deadly dangerous. those gamma rays from thunderstorm trying to kill all life on Earth for millions and millions or years ..but they are failing for some magical reason lol

[1RadicalOne]

Do not treat me like a fool.

[mrteemumilto]

@1RadicalOne This time you deserve it!

[1RadicalOne]

For asking a question whose critical fact - the aiming of the rays - was not explained?

[MsWanderer1]

By now the concept of anti-matter should have gone the way of Aristotle’s earth, air, fire, and water concept! The LHC data indicates a more fundamental form of a physical substance to exist.

[hmanham]

@MsWanderer1 If you have any links or references about this, I would love to read them

[MsWanderer1]

@hmanham Simply do a search for "LHC fluidic matter". You should find all kinds of reading material.

[Skaarjguy]

@MsWanderer1 Except it's not a concept, it actually exists. We can observe it, create it, and even hold it in a chamber for a split second.

[MsWanderer1]

@Skaarjguy So you believe anti-matter is made from ANTI-ENERGY???

Both matter and anti-matter are created from what we call energy and energy is just another bogus name tag without a fundamental reference. A rose is a rose is a rose!

[Skaarjguy]

@MsWanderer1 I have no idea what you're babbling about. I didn't say a damn thing about "anti-energy." I didn't even know that was a thing. I also have no idea what you're trying to prove when you say "energy is a bogus name tag."

[MsWanderer1]

@Skaarjguy Then please don't respond to posts that you don't know or have no idea what is being talked about!

[xoxosparkle]

coooooooooooool

[toastsandwich]

wow antimatter here on Earth!?

[TheAmericanRifleman]

Cool

[subach]

Could this be the process responsible for Sprites?

[DackIsBack]

FUCKING ALIENS!!

[Cellsplitter]

@DackIsBack How do they work?!

[eightspartan]

This is the reason why I subbed

[gundrag000]

adults hide truth. most powerful and rich people in the world hide truth. strongest people hide truth. here is no ufo and alien.

[Seniortrends]

How Cool! Now...what can we build with it?

[stuffisgd]

@Seniortrends Understanding where positrons come from will help us to better understand Dark matter distribution.

[ONQproductions]

AWESOME !

[doom9555]

Amazing, just goes to show how little we know about everyday occurrences.

[Shift4chizzle]

@doom9555 yes but remember the humans are a young race and the amount of knowledge and imagination you have at this stage through the passing the human race is amazing and one of the most special, and strongest soul carriers in the universe and beyond

[myvidspwn]

interesting!