In a first, space hurricane detected over North Pole. It swirled for 8 hours
In a first, space hurricane detected over North Pole. It swirled for 8 hours
A space hurricane was detected for the first time over the North Pole. These hurricanes rained electrons and lasted for 8 hours, a new study has found.
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Illustration of the space hurricane. (Qing-He Zhang, Shandong University)
For the first time, scientists have discovered a space hurricane that swirled over the North Pole, in Earth s upper atmosphere, for eight hours. These hurricanes, which rained electrons, are known to occur in Earth s lower atmosphere. They had never been detected earlier in the upper atmosphere.
For the first time, a hurricane has been detected in Earth s upper atmosphere. In 2014, satellites recorded a huge flowing swirl of plasma extending high into the magnetosphere that lasted for hours before dispersing.
2 March 2021, 10:16 pm EST By
For the first time in the Earth s history, a space hurricane was spotted and spinning above the North Pole by scientists. Astronomers recently reported a long-lasting space hurricane in the polar ionosphere and magnetosphere during low solar and otherwise low geomagnetic activity. Space Hurricane Characteristics
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For the first time in the Earth’s history, a “space hurricane” was spotted and spinning above the North Pole by scientists. Astronomers recently reported a long-lasting space hurricane in the polar ionosphere and magnetosphere during low solar and otherwise low geomagnetic activity.
Newswise reports that the first observations of a space hurricane have been revealed in Earth s upper atmosphere, confirming its existence and shedding new light on the relationship between planets and space. Hurricanes in the Earth s lower atmosphere are typically known, but scientists have never before detected one on th
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The plasma mass reportedly had a quiet center, multiple arms, and a trend of anticlockwise rotation.
In addition, it rained electrons instead of water droplets several hundred kilometers over the North Pole.
The event which occurred during low solar and otherwise low geomagnetic activity lasted almost eight hours before gradually breaking down.
Its features reportedly resemble a typical hurricane in the lower atmosphere, which has been observed in the lower atmospheres of Mars, Jupiter and Saturn.
Similar phenomena have been spotted on the sun, known as solar tornadoes.
In an accompanying release, Reading Professor Mike Lockwood said that just being able to prove the existence of plasma hurricanes is incredible.