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A hypothesis is a testable problem that can be proved or disproved.
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It is impossible to prove a hypothesis. It can only be disproved.
In Karl Popper's terminology there must be a way to prove a hypothesis false. That is what it means when scientists say that a specific hypothesis is a "testable hypothesis".
Yes, it is. Satellite imaging will negate the hypothesis and prove that Earth is round, not flat.