For the first time in history of science, a plasma tubes of ions was seen over the earth and above the Philippine territory. The stretch tube of ions was observed by a radio telescope array situated in Australia.
This is the first time observational evidence of the structures predicted decades ago.
Discovered by an undergraduate student of the ARC Center of Excellence for All-sky Astrophysics (CAASTRO) and the School of Physics at the University of Sydney, the alternating tubes of high and low density plasma were seen as they drifted slowly and aligned with the Earth's magnetic field.
The discovery of the structure is important because they cause unwanted signal distortions that could affect civilian and military satellite-based navigation system.
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