X-shaped formations are seen in an atmospheric layer called the 'ionosphere' READ MORE: Starlink satellites could be eroding Earth's magnetic field; By JONATHAN CHADWICK FOR MAILONLINE.

X-shaped crests. The ionosphere is not always a perfectly smooth layer of gas, and it’s constantly changing. It becomes electrified when sunlight hits it.

Images from space reveal an enormous X-shaped building rising up from rocky terrain in southwestern China. This is a huge nuclear fusion research facility, analysts say, and it could be a sign ...

Bridging the Bondi and Event Horizon Scales: 3D GRMHD Simulations Reveal X-shaped Radio Galaxy Morphology. The Astrophysical Journal Letters , 2022; 936 (1): L5 DOI: 10.3847/2041-8213/ac7bed Cite ...

NASA's GOLD mission found unexpected X- and C-shaped structures in the plasma of Earth's ionosphere. Researchers have likened our upper atmosphere to "alphabet soup." ...