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Space hurricane detected over the North Pole for the first time – ZME Science
This unique type of space weather could have important consequences for GPS systems.
Credit: Qing-he Zhang/ Shandong University.
For the first time, scientists have observed an extreme meteorological phenomenon called a “space hurricane”. The 1,000-kilometer-wide (620 miles) swirling mass of plasma recorded last week manifested for hours in Earth’s upper atmosphere, roughly 125 miles over the North Pole.
Scientists call the event a ‘space hurricane’ because its flows were strongest at the edge and decreased as you move toward the center, before picking up again on the other side,…
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