Scientists Detect Invisible Electric Field Around Earth for the First Time 🌍

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Summary:

  1. Historic Discovery
    Scientists have detected the ambipolar field, a weak electric field around Earth theorized over 60 years ago, using data from the Endurance mission.

  2. Field Mechanics
    The ambipolar field emerges from interactions between ionized atmospheric particles, balancing the pull of electrons and ions to influence the ionosphere’s density and the polar wind.

  3. Significant Findings
    The field, measured at just 0.55 volts, impacts ion escape into space and has increased the ionosphere’s density at high altitudes by 271%.

Read more at: ScienceAlert

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