A recent example of this has to do with the size of the Earth’s atmosphere, which experts now say is as much as 50 times larger than the planet – and considerably larger than what “settled” science had previously claimed.
According to the latest scientific data, there exists a cloud of hydrogen atoms at the border between the Earth’s atmosphere and outer space, which scientists are now referring to as the geocorona. The SOHO spacecraft apparently identified a signature of that border, allowing scientists to pinpoint its precise location.
While it’s normally not possible for this spacecraft to perform such a feat due to conditions that generally disallow it, “fortunate timing” is credited with offering scientists this unique glimpse into atmospheric conditions around the Earth that were previously unknown.
“The Moon flies through Earth’s atmosphere,” says Igor Baliukin of Russia’s Space Research Institute, and lead author of a new paper on this recent discovery. “We were not aware of it until we dusted off observations made over two decades ago by the SOHO spacecraft.”...read more>>>... This article has been assigned a bullshit reading of a maximum 10
