Date: 16/04/2023 23:52:19
From: Tau.Neutrino
ID: 2020176
Subject: Strange new material discovered in "fossilized lightning"

Strange new material discovered in “fossilized lightning”

In what sounds like a superhero’s origin story, scientists have discovered a new type of material created after lightning struck a tree. This particular form of crystalline phosphorus has never been seen on Earth, and could belong to a new mineral group.

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Date: 16/04/2023 23:58:43
From: Bubblecar
ID: 2020179
Subject: re: Strange new material discovered in "fossilized lightning"

That’s unexpected.

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Date: 17/04/2023 00:01:07
From: Tau.Neutrino
ID: 2020180
Subject: re: Strange new material discovered in "fossilized lightning"

Bubblecar said:


That’s unexpected.

We are still learning heaps from lightning.

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Date: 17/04/2023 14:17:28
From: mollwollfumble
ID: 2020371
Subject: re: Strange new material discovered in "fossilized lightning"

Tau.Neutrino said:


Bubblecar said:

That’s unexpected.

We are still learning heaps from lightning.

Very unexpected.

I don’t know if we are learning heaps from lightning. IIRC, the first ever issue of the Scientific American Magazine, in 1845, had a great article explaining lightning. But we still don’t understand everything about how lightning works, people are still proposing all sorts of hypothetical things, such as lightning generated and sustained by microwaves.

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Date: 17/04/2023 15:57:03
From: Spiny Norman
ID: 2020389
Subject: re: Strange new material discovered in "fossilized lightning"

I have a fulgurite if that helps.
I think it was the first thing I ever bought over the internet.

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