How Do Space Hurricanes Work?

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Science, Technology, Natural Sciences

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🗓️ 24 August 2021

⏱️ 9 minutes

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We're all too familiar with hurricanes here on Earth, but scientists have discovered storms with similar patterns right near the edge of space. Learn about space hurricanes in this episode of BrainStuff, based on this article: https://science.howstuffworks.com/nature/climate-weather/atmospheric/space-hurricane.htm

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0:41.6	High above the Earth's North Pole, solar winds whipped to the ionosphere
0:46.1	in a gargantuan storm that rained electric precipitation.
0:50.2	The entire thing happened over several hours,
0:52.8	and satellites passing over the area were disrupted by the unexpected changes
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1:07.3	While this sounds like a great setup for your next science fiction binge on Netflix,
1:11.8	it's a real phenomenon, a space hurricane.
1:15.8	After hypothesizing that such high atmospheric meteorology might be possible,
1:20.8	scientists now have proof that hurricanes occur in different levels of Earth's atmosphere.
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