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Rogue antimatter found in thunderclouds

Nature volume 521, page 135 (2015) Cite this article

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Aeroplane detects signature spike in photons that does not fit any known source of antiparticles.

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  1. Davide Castelvecchi
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Castelvecchi, D. Rogue antimatter found in thunderclouds. Nature 521, 135 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1038/521135a

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