ᴛʜese ꜰʟaᴛ earᴛʜ ʜoʟʟow earᴛʜ ᴛʜeorɪes are comᴘʟeᴛeʟʏ aᴛ oᴅᴅs wɪᴛʜ oʙserveᴅ ᴘʜʏsɪcs even ᴊusᴛ rɪɢʜᴛ wɪᴛʜɪn our aʙɪʟɪᴛʏ ᴛo see ᴛʜem wɪᴛʜ oᴘᴛɪcaʟ ᴛeʟescoᴘes.
exᴘʟaɪn ᴛo me, usɪnɢ ᴛʜɪs ᴛʜeorʏ, wʜʏ saᴛurn now ʜas a new ꜰuʟʟ-cɪrcumꜰerence ᴊeᴛsᴛream ᴛʜaᴛ was onʟʏ ᴊusᴛ oʙserveᴅ ɪn ᴛʜe ʟasᴛ ꜰew ʏears, wʜʏ ᴘʟuᴛo's aᴛmosᴘʜere ɢoᴛ ʙʟoweᴅ awaʏ, wʜʏ ᴛʜe auroras on neᴘᴛune anᴅ ᴘʟuᴛo anᴅ mars ʜave so vɪsɪʙʟʏ ᴛɪcᴋeᴅ uᴘ ᴛʜeʏ can ʙe seen wɪᴛʜ oᴘᴛɪcaʟ ᴛeʟescoᴘes, wʜʏ ᴛʜe moon oꜰ ɪo ʜas now ɢoᴛ a voʟcanɪc eruᴘᴛɪon ʟarɢer ᴛʜan anʏ voʟcano ever oʙserveᴅ anʏwʜere, anᴅ wʜʏ ᴛʜe moon ɪᴛseʟꜰ, ɪs now vɪsɪʙʟʏ sʜaᴋɪnɢ wɪᴛʜ seɪsmɪc acᴛɪvɪᴛʏ ᴛʜaᴛ ʜas never ʙeen oʙserveᴅ ᴘrevɪousʟʏ, anᴅ exᴘʟaɪnɪnɢ a ʟoᴛ more oꜰ ʟunar ɢeoʟoɢʏ ᴛʜan ɪmᴘacᴛors aʟone wouʟᴅ ʜɪnᴛ aᴛ.
or ꜰor ᴛʜaᴛ maᴛᴛer, ꜰor manʏ oꜰ ʏou wʜo aʟreaᴅʏ ʜave ᴘʜoᴛoɢraᴘʜeᴅ auroras ɪn ᴘʟaces as ꜰar souᴛʜ as arɪzona.
exᴘʟaɪn auroras wɪᴛʜ ꜰʟaᴛ earᴛʜ ᴛʜeorɪes. sorrʏ, ʙuᴛ ʏou can'ᴛ, anᴅ maɪnsᴛream scɪenᴛɪsᴛs are reꜰusɪnɢ ᴛo acᴋnowʟeᴅɢe ᴛʜe reason wʜʏ so mucʜ more eʟecᴛrɪcɪᴛʏ ɪs ɢeᴛᴛɪnɢ ɪnᴛo ᴛʜe aᴛmosᴘʜere ɪs ʙecause oꜰ someᴛʜɪnɢ ᴅesᴛaʙɪʟɪsɪnɢ aʟʟ oꜰ ᴛʜe maɢneᴛɪc ꜰɪeʟᴅs oꜰ ᴛʜe soʟar sʏsᴛem, ɪncʟuᴅɪnɢ ᴛʜe one arounᴅ ᴛʜe sun, wʜɪcʜ we are aʟʟ snuɢʟʏ ɪnsɪᴅe, wʜɪcʜ ɪs aʟso weaᴋenɪnɢ anᴅ wɪʟʟ soon ʟeaᴅ ᴛo a massɪve ɪnɢress oꜰ ᴘʟasma anᴅ ᴅusᴛ ᴛʜaᴛ wɪʟʟ ᴛrɪɢɢer a mɪcronova
