News tagged with space tornadoes

THEMIS satellite tracks electrical tornadoes in space

(PhysOrg.com) -- Earth-bound tornadoes are puny compared to "space tornadoes," which span a volume as large as Earth and produce electrical currents exceeding 100,000 amperes, according to new observations ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

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