It's officially confirmed, the Earth does not have one but three moons

A team of astronomers in Hungary confirmed that the Earth did not have one but three moons. According to the Hungarian researchers, these moons are entirely composed of dust and these mysterious clouds revolve around the planet at a distance of 250 000 km, about the same distance as the moon.

It is interesting to note that a first debate on the existence of these two celestial bodies was launched in 1961, when the Polish astronomer Kazimierz Kordylewski discovered two mysterious clouds now known by the name of Kordylewski dust clouds. The Polish astronomer also added that these dust clouds could be in orbit around the Earth around L4 and L5 Lagrange points. Now, further analysis of these celestial bodies revealed that these dust clouds were actually pseudo-satellites orbiting the Earth.

"Kordylewski's clouds are two of the most difficult objects to find, and although they are as close to Earth as the moon, astronomers are largely unaware of it. to see that our planet has dusty pseudo-satellites in orbit alongside our lunar neighbor, "said Judit Slíz-Balogh, astronomer at the Eötvös Loránd University in Hungary and co-author of the study.

According to experts, these satellite clouds have remained in the dark for so many years simply because they are extremely weak. However, sometimes, because of the reflection of the sun, these dust clouds appear slightly. During the research, scientists used advanced polarizing filters on their cameras and finally managed to spot scattered light reflected by individual particles in the dust clouds.

Although Hungarian researchers have confirmed the existence of two other moons in orbit around the Earth, space experts believe that these mysterious clouds of dust could only be a transient phenomenon. According to these skeptics, the gigantic dust clouds seen by the astronomers who participated in this study could easily be washed away by the gravitational shock of other planets or solar winds.

This is not the first time that new studies on space are reshaping human understanding of the solar system. A few weeks ago, some astronomers suggested that a rogue space body, possibly the planet Nine, might be hiding beyond Neptune in the solar system. The researchers also revealed that the space in which Planet Nine was located was too dark and that this could be the reason why the current observatories on Earth are struggling to locate this space body.