Amazing discovery in Antarctic ʹ continent hidden for millions of years under ice (Photo)

The European space agency found lost parts of a continent under Antarctica's ice many millions of years ago.

Satellite records show how land masses have moved deep down more than 1.5 kilometers, the Daily Mail writes.

Scientists say the images have given a new view and knowledge of Antarctica, a continent that has so far been studied at least. They used the GOCE satellite data, which was launched in 2009 to monitor gravity field change and exactly measure Earth.

Otherwise, this satellite has not been in use for five years, since it has run out of fuel and has fallen into the atmosphere. However, its data is very important and is used for a new scientific discovery.

His instruments followed the movement of tectonic plates under Antarctica, and researchers, according to their data, understood their movement over the past 200 million years and came to know how the ice continent actually formed.

The <x0G gravity images bring a real revolution to our ability to study the least known continent of our planet”, Fausto Ferakioli told the European Space Agency.

We can see geological characteristics in the eastern part of the continent that show the similarities and differences of bark under Antarctica and other continents that melted up to 160 million years ago”, Fausto adds.

Otherwise, to create a 3D map of Earth's lithosphere, scientists used GOCE measurements with seismic data. In addition to these measurements being very historically interesting, they are also important to understand how Antarctica influences the conduct of ice plates, but also how quickly it will respond to ice melting.