Scientists say disturbances resembling hurricanes have not been detected in Earth s upper atmosphere earlier. Space hurricanes can affect working of satellites and disrupt satellite communication systems.
As if nature didn t have enough weather events to worry about, researchers have found a space hurricane that happened over the upper atmosphere of the earth for the very first time in history.
Space scientist, Mike Lockwood from the University of Reading made it known in a released statement quoting: If not now, it was not certain that there is the existence of space plasma hurricanes, so to prove that they really exist with such a striking inspection is unbelievable.
Space hurricanes do not exist only, but scientists presume that they could be more quite common inside the solar system and outside.
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.
What s A Space Hurricane? Researchers Observe The Phenomenon For The First Time
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It looks quite like the destructive hurricanes that we know
The discovery shows the importance of monitoring space weather
Researchers of a new study observed a phenomenon now known as a space hurricane for the first time, confirming its existence.
It was in 2014 when four Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP) satellites spotted what would turn out to be the first observation of a space hurricane. This wasn t like the
hurricanes that we know, with strong winds and rainfall that cause damages to property and life.
This particular phenomenon, Shandong University explained in a