GMAT Sentence Correction (SC) | Re: Much like the belief that the world is flat, challenged by

You are right about the Touch rule -That should modify theNoun orNoun Phrase that directly precedes it.
Note:-That can modify not only Nouns but alsoNoun Phrases .
In this sentenceThat is modifying the entireNoun Phrase that precedes it.

E. there are currentlywidely-accepted hypotheses about the planet that are about to be put
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