"Something had to be drawing these particles out of the atmosphere," Collinson said. Yet detecting a possible electric field proved difficult — the field was very weak, with detectable ...

The atmosphere has a natural electric field which is caused by worldwide thunderstorm activity, but is present in all weather conditions. Atmospheric electric fields, typically 100 V/m in calm weather ...

The field is only about the strength of a watch battery — but it’s enough to thrust lighter ions from our atmosphere into ...

electric field and wave instruments on five NASA missions including, FAST (Earth's aurora), THEMIS (Earth's magnetosphere), RBSP (Earth's radiation belts), MMS (magnetic reconnection mission), and ...

These sweeping electric fields can actually overcome a planet's gravity, pulling molecules from the atmosphere into space. "We found that the electric wind, which people thought was just one small ...