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Alphabet Soup: NASA’s GOLD Finds Surprising C, X Shapes in Atmosphere


NASA’s Global-scale Observations of the Limb and Disk (GOLD) mission has revealed unexpected C- and X-shaped formations in an electrified layer of gas high above our heads called the ionosphere.

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