Scientists have installed an electric field spread all around the earth’s atmosphere, know what effect it has on life in its absence.
Science News Desk – Geologists have discovered a new electric field around the Earth. This light electric field present in the Earth’s atmosphere is considered very important for confirming a theory. This electric field is very weak and is only 0.55 volts. With the help of the study of this electric field, the history of the development of the Earth’s atmosphere can be known. It can also be found out how favorable the conditions were for life here. Glynn Collinson, an atmospheric scientist at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, led the Endurance rocket mission.
This electric field was successfully measured under this mission. It was measured over Svalbard, Norway in May 2022. Collinson has called it the planetary energy field. It was hidden from the eyes of scientists till now. The existence of this electric field may prove to be a turning point in a discovery made decades ago. Actually, scientists had given the theory of ‘Polar Wind’ long ago. When sunlight hits Earth’s upper atmosphere, it releases negatively charged ions or electrical particles and carries them into space. But the heavier, positively charged oxygen ions are left behind.
To keep the atmosphere electrically neutral, a weak electric field is formed here, which tries to keep these ions together, and prevent them from escaping into space. This weak electric field gives energy to the light ions. For example, hydrogen, which breaks free from Earth’s gravity and then contributes to the polar winds. According to David Brain, a planetary scientist at the University of Colorado Boulder, the existence of such an electric field could explain why life is not found on planets like Mars or Venus like Earth. Why are life supporting conditions not created there?
That is, the formation of such an electric field on a planet can also be the reason for the flourishing of life. Although Mars and Venus have their own electric fields, in the absence of such a global magnetic field, much of the atmosphere there is lost to space, leading to vast differences in climate. Now NASA is going to carry forward this mission, which has been announced by the space agency. NASA has prepared a rocket named Resolute for its follow-up mission, which can be launched soon.
