ESA Discovers Where All The Missing Socks Have Been Going

We here at Earth are fortunate that we have a viable atmosphere, one that is protected by Earth's magnetosphere. Without this protective envelope, life on the surface would be bombarded by harmful radiation emanating from the Sun. However, Earth's upper atmosphere is still slowly leaking, with about 90 tonnes of material a day escaping from the upper atmosphere and streaming into space. And although astronomers have been investigating this leakage for some time, there are still many unanswered q...