Hidden electric field found around the Earth pulling it towards itself nasa finds

Scientists have observed a suspicious electric field around our Earth, which drives the polar wind and sends the particles present in the air into space at supersonic speed. Scientists are calling it ‘ambipolar electric field’. This phenomenon is affecting the Earth’s atmosphere. However, its effect is more on the poles. The special thing is that the ‘ambipolar electric field’ was first talked about 60 years ago. Now information about it has been received from NASA’s Endurance Mission, the results of which have been published in Nature magazine.

the US space agency AccordingThe ambipolar electric field is a major source of ‘polar wind’. This wind resides above the poles on the Earth. NASA says that this electric field lifts the charged particles in our upper atmosphere to a higher altitude, so much higher that they cannot reach on their own.

The ambipolar electric field may have helped in the development of our planet. However, scientists want to know more about this. Data from NASA’s Endurance mission has revealed the existence of the ambipolar field. The same data has also revealed its strength. It is believed that the ambipolar electric field has helped shape our ionosphere. The ionosphere is a layer of the upper atmosphere.

This study has been published in Nature magazine. Scientists say that understanding these activities of our planet’s atmosphere not only gives information about the Earth, but also reveals the development of other planets. This can also help in understanding which planets may be better for life.

Glyn Collinson, principal investigator of the Endurance mission at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center and lead author of the research paper, said that something is pulling these particles out. Scientists think that the ambipolar electric field may be doing this work. Collinson said that it is lifting our atmosphere into space like a belt.