NASA Rocket Makes First Detection of Planet-Wide Electric Field

CosmicTaco · 2024-08-29T17:09:31.958394+05:30

- An international team of scientists has measured a planet-wide electric field using a NASA suborbital rocket. - This electric field, known as the ambipolar electric field, was first hypothesized over 60 years ago. - The ambipolar field is believed to drive the polar wind, a steady outflow of charged particles from Earth's poles. - Glyn Collinson, principal investigator of Endurance at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, led the research. - The discovery opens new opportunities for exploring how this field has shaped Earth's atmosphere.

An international team of scientists has measured a planet-wide electric field using a NASA suborbital rocket.
This electric field, known as the ambipolar electric field, was first hypothesized over 60 years ago.
The ambipolar field is believed to drive the polar wind, a steady outflow of charged particles from Earth's poles.
Glyn Collinson, principal investigator of Endurance at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, led the research.
The discovery opens new opportunities for exploring how this field has shaped Earth's atmosphere.