{"id":111248,"date":"2024-10-07T01:46:47","date_gmt":"2024-10-06T18:46:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=111248"},"modified":"2024-10-07T01:46:47","modified_gmt":"2024-10-06T18:46:47","slug":"nasa-makes-discovery-about-earth-thats-been-deemed-as-important-as-gravity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=111248","title":{"rendered":"NASA makes discovery about Earth that&#8217;s been deemed &#8216;as important as gravity&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div style=\"display:contents\">\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\"><strong>A discovery about the Earth could be as important as gravity in how the planet works.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">There are innumerable factors which are crucial in how the <a class=\"anchor_link__6t7IO\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unilad.com\/scientific\">scientific<\/a> balance of the planet is sustained.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">Gravity is, unsurprisingly, a rather big factor when it comes to how the <a class=\"anchor_link__6t7IO\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unilad.com\/world\">world<\/a> works, not least keeping us, the oceans, and the atmosphere from floating off into <a class=\"anchor_link__6t7IO\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unilad.com\/space\">space<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">But it seems that gravity is not the only force which is an important part of the Earth as there&#8217;s another force which has a profound impact.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">A team of scientists from <a class=\"anchor_link__6t7IO\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unilad.com\/nasa\">NASA<\/a> carried out experiments into the force in August, and were able to get a much clearer picture of its effect and importance.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">And given how important gravity is, well, it must be pretty damn important to match that.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">So what is this strange new force that NASA scientists have discovered?<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-image_articleImage__eyzAn\">\n<div class=\"article-image_imageWrapper__ANtPE\"><img alt=\"An image taken above the north pole during the study (NASA)\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"fill\" style=\"position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;color:transparent\" sizes=\"100vw\" 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class=\"text_text__nEn66\">It&#8217;s a form of electrical field and is focussed around the <a class=\"anchor_link__6t7IO\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unilad.com\/earth\">Earth&#8217;s<\/a> poles.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">NASA has had inklings of the field for decades, with spacecraft detecting a stream of particles flowing into space as they flew over the North and South poles.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">These streams have been detected as far back as the 1960s, and were christened the &#8216;polar wind&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">It is to be expected that there would be some particles flowing out of the atmosphere, but the polar wind was surprising.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">A team of scientists began investigating the polar wind, culminating with them launching a rocket from Svalbard, an island close to the North Pole.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">Glyn Collinson is a lead author on the study and a principal investigator at NASA&#8217;s Goddard Space Flight Centre.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">Collinson said that a planet with an atmosphere has an &#8216;ambipolar field&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">She said: &#8220;Now that we&#8217;ve finally measured it, we can begin learning how it&#8217;s shaped our planet as well as others over time.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-image_articleImage__eyzAn\">\n<div class=\"article-image_imageWrapper__ANtPE\"><img alt=\"NASA found an electrical field (Roberto Machado Noa \/ Getty)\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"fill\" style=\"position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;color:transparent\" sizes=\"100vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.ladbible.com\/resize?type=webp&amp;quality=70&amp;width=640&amp;fit=contain&amp;gravity=auto&amp;url=https:\/\/images.ladbiblegroup.com\/v3\/assets\/blt949ea8e16e463049\/bltc94e5f69650435ee\/66fd96d63b4f2887131eece0\/GettyImages-1742860893-2.jpg 640w, 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https:\/\/images.ladbible.com\/resize?type=webp&amp;quality=70&amp;width=3840&amp;fit=contain&amp;gravity=auto&amp;url=https:\/\/images.ladbiblegroup.com\/v3\/assets\/blt949ea8e16e463049\/bltc94e5f69650435ee\/66fd96d63b4f2887131eece0\/GettyImages-1742860893-2.jpg 3840w\" src=\"https:\/\/images.ladbible.com\/resize?type=webp&amp;quality=70&amp;width=3840&amp;fit=contain&amp;gravity=auto&amp;url=https:\/\/images.ladbiblegroup.com\/v3\/assets\/blt949ea8e16e463049\/bltc94e5f69650435ee\/66fd96d63b4f2887131eece0\/GettyImages-1742860893-2.jpg\"\/><\/div>\n<p><cite class=\"image-credit_imageCredit__YMlqS\">NASA found an electrical field (Roberto Machado Noa \/ Getty)<\/cite><\/div>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">The particles appeared to be cooler, and didn&#8217;t have signs that they&#8217;d ever been heated up.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">But despite this they were travelling at a supersonic speed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">Collinson added: &#8220;Something had to be drawing these particles out of the atmosphere.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">When they launched the Endurance rocket from Svalbard finding a very small charge of just 0.55 volts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">Nonetheless the charge was enough to push hydrogen ions, that&#8217;s an atom or group of atoms with an electrical charge, in the solar wind.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">Endurance project scientist at NASA Goddard and co-author of the study Alex Glocer said: &#8220;That&#8217;s more than enough to counter gravity \u2014 in fact, it&#8217;s enough to launch [atmospheric particles] upwards into space at supersonic speeds.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">Meanwhile, Collinson added: &#8220;It&#8217;s like this conveyor belt, lifting the atmosphere up into space.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     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