A 'gigantic jet' lightning bolt was recorded in May of last year. The bolt was so powerful that it reached a distance of 50 miles from the official boundary of outer space. This is close to being true.
According to a press release, it was twice as powerful as the previous one. They are a mystery to scientists because of their rarity.
Thanks to cutting-edge mapping technologies, researchers at Georgia Tech were able to get a detailed look at the bolt's shape. The powerful event was captured by several instruments.
Levi Boggs, a research scientist at the Georgia Tech Research Institute, is one of the authors of a new paper published in the journal Science Advances. We were able to see very high frequencies above the cloud top, which had not been seen before.
The structures of these jets are still being understood by scientists. We don't know a lot about it.
We don't know why the jet is going into space. The researchers think thunderclouds could relieve a build up of negative charge by sending it into space.
The strongest electric currents came from "leaders" that can reach temperatures of over 8,000 degrees Fahrenheit.
Boggs and his colleagues are trying to find out if the rare events will affect the operations of satellites.
There is new information on 'gigantic jet' lightning.
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