Scientists have confirmed the existence of a space hurricane that revolves over the North Pole, the Daily Mail reported. Scientists, for the first time, have seen a phenomenon that I think is around all the planets. The research team led by Shandong University of China made the announcement after analyzing a 621-mile-wide round plasma mass observed hundreds of miles above the North Pole, the Daily Mail reported.
The space hurricane exists above the North Pole
According to the Daily Mail, the researchers observed a large cyclone-shaped auroral area with an almost zero center of flow and a strong horizontal circular flow of plasma and scissors, all of which were found in hurricanes in the lower atmosphere. Space hurricanes rained electrons instead of rain. The space hurricane moved counterclockwise, as did the ground-related hurricanes in the northern hemisphere, and it took nearly eight hours for it to finally fail.
Professor Mike Lockwood, a space scientist at the University of Reading, told the Daily Mail that hurricanes could be a universal phenomenon on planets and moons with magnetic fields and plasma. He said that until now he was not sure if there were hurricanes with space plasma, but the observation is incredible. Previous observations have discovered space hurricanes on Mars, Saturn and Jupiter, which are similar to hurricanes in the lower atmosphere. The latest discovery is the first time a hurricane has been observed in Earth’s upper atmosphere.
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According to the study published in Nature, “A hurricane is associated with strong energy and mass transport, so a hurricane in the Earth’s upper atmosphere must be violent and effectively transfer wind and solar impulse to the Earth’s ionosphere.” The researchers explained that space hurricanes open a channel for the rapid transfer of energy from space to the ionosphere and thermosphere. It would help to reveal important details of the effects of space weather, such as the increase in satellite frequency, disturbances in high frequency radio communications, etc.
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