radiation belts
An Astronomical First! A Radiation Belt Seen Outside the Solar System
For the first time, a team of astronomers has imaged the radiation belt of an object from beyond the Solar…
2 years ago
We Might Have a New Way to Push Back Space Radiation
A new study has revealed how human activity has been affected the near-space environment, creating a bubble that protects against…
8 years ago
Twin NASA Probes Find “Zebra Stripes” in Earth’s Radiation Belt
Earth's inner radiation belt displays a curiously zebra-esque striped pattern, according to the latest findings from NASA's twin Van Allen…
11 years ago
NASA Launches Twin Probes to Study Earth’s Radiation Belts
After nearly a week of weather and technical delays, NASA's Radiation Belt Storm Probes (RBSP) launched in the early morning…
12 years ago
The Van Allen Belts and the Great Electron Escape
[/caption] During the 1950s and just before the great "Space Race" began, scientists like Kristian Birkeland, Carl Stormer, and Nicholas…
13 years ago