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Hurricanes Are Not Exclusive to Earth. They Can Happen in Space.
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Hurricanes are not exclusive to Earth. They can happen in space.
There's an eye in the sky — a hurricane eye, that is. High above the North Pole, a cyclone of charged particles can form and cause turbulence in the Earth's geomagnetic field. These storms lead to beautiful lights in the sky, but they can also affect infrastructure in Earth's orbit, as well as navigation systems. And space hurricanes occur more often than previously thought.Particle pinwheelsSpace hurricanes are similar to their terrestrial coun…
A space hurricane was recorded on the Magnetic North Pole in August 2014, confirmed scientists recently. It is a phenomenon that remained active for almost eight hours and that, instead of rain, discharged electrons into the ionosphere. The finding surprised the scientific community because it occurred in a period of low solar activity, challenging the belief that only intense solar storms could cause it.
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