The forces of rotation caused red hot masses of stones to be torn away from the Earth and to be thrown into the ether, and this is the origin of the stars.

— Anaxagoras 428 BC

atmosphere

Earth atmosphere heated by another souce...

A surprise in the upper atmoshere of the Earth
 
Another way of heating the earths atmosphere has been found... THis one is not due to the sun's heating of the earth by sunlight.