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Amazon Quiz : In a first, astronomers have recently detected a 'Space hurricane' in Earth's upper..?
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Amazon Quiz (July 18, 2021): In a first, astronomers have recently detected a 'Space hurricane' in Earth's upper atmosphere in which region?
South Pole
Equator
Mascarene High
North Pole
Answer: North Pole
For the first time, a space hurricane was detected for the first-ever time over the North pole. Scientists have discovered a “space hurricane” that swirled over the North Pole in Earth’s upper atmosphere for eight hours. The space hurricane was detected on August 20, 2014.
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A space hurricane is a swirling mass of plasma, which rains electrons instead of water. Often hurricanes cause loss of life and property through high winds and flooding. But unlike other hurricanes, a space hurricane rains electrons into the ionosphere, causing a stunning effect.
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These hurricanes “rained” electrons and are known to occur in Earth’s lower atmosphere. Before this, they have never neem detected in the upper atmosphere. The phenomenon was noticed during a retrospective analysis led by the researchers a the Shandong University in China. The findings were published in Nature Communications in February this year.
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The scientists said that the hurricane detected over the North Pole consisted of plasma with multiple spiral arms. According to the Science Alert, the hurricane was spinning in an anticlockwise direction and lasted almost 8 hours before gradually breaking down.
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