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According to NASA Science, tonnes of high-energy particles pass through this spacehole and then it closes.
The formation of portal linking the Sun and Earth occurs every 8 minutes, according to NASA.
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- A magnetic portal will open, connecting the Earth with the Sun at a distance of 150 million kms.
- It’s called a “flux transfer event” or “FTE”.
- The portals appear every 8 minutes and are made up of a magnetic cylinder the width of the Earth.
- Cylindrical portals usually form above the Earth’s equator and then pass over its winter poles.
- There are two kinds of these portals: active and passive.
- Active portals are cylinders through which particles pass fairly easily; passive portals offer more resistance, their structure does not allow such a light flow of particles and fields.
- These two fields briefly combine every 8 minutes to create a doorway via which particles enter the magnetosphere of the Earth.
- The gateway has the same diameter as our planet and is formed like a cylinder.
A NASA-funded University of Iowa researcher has created a method for spacecraft to look for hidden magnetic portals near Earth.
These gates connect the magnetic fields of the sun with our planet, creating the conditions for raging space weather.
NASA’s researchers center has shown that the magnetic gateway between Earth and the Sun exist. “Ten years ago, I was very certain that they didn’t exist, but now the proof is overwhelming,” said astrophysicist David Sibeck of the Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland.
NASA Researchers are trying to understand how the magnetic fields within the cylinder twist and untwist as well as why portals appear every 8 minutes?.
Dynamic Bursts
The connection between the Earth and sun has long been understood by scientists.
Particles from the sun, for instance, are continually being carried away by the solar wind and frequently travel along magnetic field lines that link the sun’s atmosphere with the earth.
The magnetosphere, the magnetic bubble that envelops our planet, can be penetrated by particles thanks to the field lines.
We used to believe that the connection was irreversible and that solar wind may intermittently enter the area immediately around Earth whenever the wind was active,” Sibeck added. “We were mistaken. The connections are definitely not reliable. They are often brief, bursty and very dynamic.”
One theory holds that our magnetic field interacts with the magnetic field of the sun on the side of Earth that faces the sun.
Additionally, the two fields momentarily rejoin every 8 minutes, creating a gateway through which particles can move.
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The portal is shaped like a magnetic cylinder that is roughly the same width as Earth. This means
- The solar magnetic fields create a portal through which particles can flow.
- The portal takes the form of a magnetic cylinder about as wide as Earth.
- Think of the FTE as a giant rolling pin along the boundary between the Earth’s and sun’s magnetic fields.
The first Fast Electron Transfer Elements (FTEs) form at the tip of the Earth’s magnetosphere facing the sun.
They form as little blob roller pins that can’t decide which way they’re going to slide around the Earth. FTEs can form more than one FTE at once.
Cylindrical portals form above Earth’s equator and roll over the North and South Poles.
Spacecraft have flown through and surrounded these cylinders, measuring their dimensions and sensing the particles that shoot through. One Earth radius is about 4,000 miles (6,400 kilometers).
However, the space experts are still trying to determine why the portals appear every eight minutes and how the magnetic fields in the cylinders coil and twist.