The mysterious thing at Earth’s North Pole is “devouring” solar matterThe mysterious thing at Earth’s North Pole is “devouring” solar matter
Previously, it was believed that the charged particles of the solar wind were divided equally by the two poles of the Earth, causing the “north light” and “south light”, which is the phenomenon of the aurora, when the charged particle enters. colliding with the earth’s magnetic field. But the team of scientists from the University of Alberta (Canada) discovered a strange phenomenon: it seems that the charged particles are flowing more towards the North Pole than towards the South Pole, creating much brighter Northern Lights. on the other side of the globe.
According to Universer Today, their latest study identified what led to the anomalous phenomenon: Afvén waves.
Using the “satellite constellation” Swarm, a set of three Earth observation satellites in operation since 2013, Dr. Ivan Pakhotin and his colleagues at the University of Alberta discovered that the Earth’s Antarctic is far. The real axis of rotation of the planet is more than the North Pole, so the Afvén wave, which is an electromagnetic wave, has different levels of interaction with the solar wind. This asymmetry gives the North Pole a strong pull, gathering charged particles towards itself and causing unusually strong auroras.
According to Science Alert, this will have a major impact on the global climate. As science has proven, the Earth is constantly changing in terms of magnetic fields, the Arctic and the magnetic South Pole are geographically moving faster and faster from the position of the North Pole and Antarctica, even ready for a single shot. reverse. Therefore, the Northern Lights may continue to change, and research on this will help answer many questions regarding the future planetary environment, as well as the effects of the polar reversal.
