Summary
FOR more than 250 years the cause of lightning strikes has been a mystery, but now scientists believe they have found the answer - in outer space.
A major experiment in Florida is being prepared to test the theory that cosmic rays - from the sun and other stars - are a crucial element in causing thunderbolts, the New Scientist magazine reports today.See the full content of this document
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Cosmic Rays May Trigger Lightning
Ever since Benjamin Franklin flew a kite in a storm in 1752 and showed that it became electrically charge...
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