An artist’s depiction with cutaway section of the two giant donuts of radiation, called the Van Allen Belts, that surround Earth. Credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight…
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An artist’s depiction with cutaway section of the two giant donuts of radiation, called the Van Allen Belts, that surround Earth. Credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight…
Electrons are locally heated to extremely high energies within the Van Allen Radiation Belts, new study finds. The Earth’s magnetic field is trapping high energy…
The twin Van Allen Probes have spent more than six years orbiting through Earth’s radiation belts. Orbit changes in early 2019 will ensure that the…