What's A Space Hurricane? Researchers Observe The Phenomenon For The First Time KEY POINTS 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