‘Space Hurricane’ confirmed to have formed above Earth – Big Think

What do you call that kind of storm when it forms over the Arctic
ocean?
Many objects in space, like Earth, the Sun, most of the planets, and even some large moons, have magnetic fields. The area around these objects which is affected by these fields is known as the magnetosphere.
For us Earthlings, the magnetosphere is what protects us from the most intense cosmic radiation and keeps the solar wind from affecting our atmosphere. When charged particles interact with it, we see the aurora. Its fluctuations…

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