NASA has recycled two old R2 spy planes that are a variant of the famous U2, these planes were recycled by NASA to be able to investigate storms, they are shown in the image.
And now they have provided evidence of something amazing and that is that lightning generates radiation. This discovery has been made by an international team of scientists who have managed to verify that lightning also creates a significant amount of Gamma radiation, which is the most powerful, it is not lethal to humans on Earth, but it could pose a risk if we could be in the core of one of these big electrical storms, although if we were in the middle of that battlefield of lightning up there, then the radiation might be the least of our concerns. problems obviously.
The researchers stated that literally, it is a scientific joke, they declared that "if there is someone out there worried about turning into the Hulk because of all that Gamma radiation they should not be because it would only be dangerous if a person was very close to the Source of origin", So don't worry, if you get on a plane and there's an electrical storm happening, you're not going to come back with Hulk's superpowers, nor are you going to turn green, but it's interesting to know that lightning can also cause Gamma radiation.
This had been assumed for a long time when NASA satellites in the 1990s began detecting these bursts, but the satellites were designed to study high-energy particles from supernovae and other space phenomena, so they were not prepared. to be able to precisely study the Gamma radiation coming from the storms that occurred on Earth, and there was also data from satellites that captured super Rays from spy satellites.
If NASA satellites were designed to look into the Cosmos, spy satellites were designed to monitor rival powers and especially during the Cold War they were designed to detect possible evidence of atomic tests, in fact, some super lightning bolts that are up to 1000 times stronger, more powerful and more energetic than the average Lightning, some of them were mistaken for the explosion of an atomic test, that's how powerful they become.
The important thing is that now with these airplanes, specially adapted to be able to specifically study storms, it has been possible to discover this type of Gamma ray emission in the most powerful electrical storms. These airplanes manage to reach up to 21,000 meters high and this research is being carried out. published in two articles in the journal Nature on October 2, researchers say that this type of energy discharge could be the missing link between different energy phenomena that occur in a thunderstorm.
Up there in the clouds many things happen, phenomena that we still do not understand well, there is a lot of energy, a lot of power, one day we will be able to master the power of lightning and all the energy they contain, what do you think?
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