NASA's Fermi Catches Gamma-ray Flashes from Tropical Storms
Gamma-ray bursts on Earth? About a thousand times a day, thunderstorms fire off fleeting bursts of some of the highest-energy light naturally found on Earth. These events, called terrestrial gamma-ray flashes last less than a millisecond and produce gamma rays with tens of millions of times the energy of visible light. Learn more: https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2017/nasas-fermi-catches-gamma-ray-flashes-from-tropical-storms
Posted by NASA – National Aeronautics and Space Administration on Saturday, April 29, 2017
