Science 1Â month, 2Â weeks Scientists have revealed in a new study that they spotted a âspace hurricaneâ spinning over 125 miles above the North Pole for the first time ever in 2014. These observations were uncovered during retrospective analysis by scientists at the University of Reading, as part of a team led by Shandong University in China, that confirmed the hurricane. The study has been published in the journal Nature Communications last month. According to a press release by the University of Reading, this space hurricane analysed by the scientists in Earthâs ionosphere was found to be spinning in an anticlockwise direction with multiple spiral arms and lasted for almost eight hours before breaking down. This analysis led to the creation of a 3D image of a 1,000km-wide swirling mass of plasma several hundred kilometres above the North Pole. The 3D image resembles the hurricanes that occur in the Earthâs lower atmosphere.