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Cosmic-ray particles help probe powerful electric fields inside thunderstorms
Source: Phys.org · Published

An instrument built to study cosmic rays has turned out to be a powerful tool for investigating thunderstorms. Earlier observations with the GRAPES-3 muon telescope revealed that thunderclouds can…
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