SPACEWEATHER.COM NEWS: September 11, 2024 (September 10th by my time zone)
ANOTHER EARTH-DIRECTED EXPLOSION: Sunspot AR3814 has a mixed-polarity magnetic field that makes it a threat for strong flares. This morning, it exploded while directly facing Earth:
MSN.com Article Story by Eric Ralls • 1w • 4 min read
Using observations from a NASA suborbital rocket, an international team of scientists has, for the first time, successfully measured a planet-wide electric field that is as fundamental to Earth as gravity and magnetic fields.
This electric field, known as the ambipolar electric field, was first hypothesized over 60 years ago as a driving force behind the way our planet’s atmosphere escapes above the North and South Poles.
