NASA researchers discovered terrifying electric wind that can probably wipe out oceans from the upper atmosphere of Venus.
Glyn Collinson, a scientist from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, described the event as "amazing and shocking."
"We found that the electric wind, which people thought was just one small cog in a big machine, is in fact this big monster that's capable of sucking the water from Venus by itself," he said.
The AGU Publications reported that the existence of an "ambipolar" electric field is vital on every planet as it helps ions overcome gravity. But in Venus' case, the electric field is five times stronger than Earth's ionosphere, which can basically result to loss of oxygen, water species and forms in the planet.
It is strong enough that it could strip off its planet's water components from its upper atmosphere, which can generally be the oceans.
Furthermore, Collinson explained that Venus' powerful electric wind was not expected to have the ability of stripping away oxygen, sucking it out from the atmosphere into space.
"We never dreamt an electric wind could be this strong. This is something that has to be on the checklist when we go looking for habitable planets around the stars."
Venus is sometimes referred to as Earth's twin planet because it features the same physical characteristics with Earth in terms of size and gravity. It has also been revealed by past researchers that water forms such as oceans has existed on the planet and the only thing that doesn't make it habitable is its very hot temperature, which is about 860 degrees Fahrenheit.
By the existence of this strong electric wind, it has been proven by scientists at NASA that the removal of water forms in Venus was not because of light hydrogen escaping and oxidation of rocks.
Researchers and scientists are currently studying the reason behind the powerful electric field and they consider this new discover as something that can help them know more about the space, its components and possible Earth-like habitat.
