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19th July 2010, 00:58
Article here:
http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/puzzling-collapse-earth-atmosphere-100715.html
An upper layer of Earth's atmosphere recently collapsed in an unexpectedly large contraction, the sheer size of which has scientists scratching their heads, NASA announced Thursday.
The layer of gas – called the thermosphere – is now rebounding again. This type of collapse is not rare, but its magnitude shocked scientists.
Although its a serious piece, there is also some hilarious geek commentary for those that like that kind of thing see :
http://science.slashdot.org/story/10/07/17/1549203/Thermosphere-Contraction-Puzzles-Scientists?art_pos=24
John..
http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/puzzling-collapse-earth-atmosphere-100715.html
An upper layer of Earth's atmosphere recently collapsed in an unexpectedly large contraction, the sheer size of which has scientists scratching their heads, NASA announced Thursday.
The layer of gas – called the thermosphere – is now rebounding again. This type of collapse is not rare, but its magnitude shocked scientists.
Although its a serious piece, there is also some hilarious geek commentary for those that like that kind of thing see :
http://science.slashdot.org/story/10/07/17/1549203/Thermosphere-Contraction-Puzzles-Scientists?art_pos=24
John..