Data collected from a once-defunct NASA satellite show that Earth grew two extra radiation belts following a supercharged ...

The temporary belts, one of which still remains, were filled with high-energy electrons and protons and were found by a ...

A NASA satellite that suddenly reappeared after going silent gets credit for the remarkable discovery—a pair of temporary ...

The findings are important to understanding how future solar storms could impact our technology. The new belts formed between two others that permanently surround Earth called the Van Allen Belts.

Radiation belts are a normal part of the architecture of a planet with a global magnetic field. Stars are constantly leaking particles, borne by a stellar wind; these stream out and, where they ...

Unlike other spacecraft which can afford the option of being turned off during passage through the radiation belts or shut down during intense solar storms, the Van Allen probes had to remain ...

The findings are important to understanding how future solar storms could impact our technology. The new belts formed between two others that permanently surround Earth called the Van Allen Belts.

Earth two new temporary radiation belts, according to NASA's CubeSat mission. One of these belts could stay in place for a ...

Electrons in a Van Allen radiation belt (blue) encounter whistler waves (purple) and are sent raining toward the north pole (red). THEMIS satellites are seen near the radiation belt, while UCLA ...

Relativistic electrons in the outer Van Allen belt wreak havoc with satellites ... interactions may be more common throughout the Solar system than was first suspected. Figure 1: Electron ...

A discovery made by a Nasa CubeSat has revealed that the historic solar storm of 2024 ... The space agency reported that these new belts formed between the Earth's permanent radiation layers, known as ...

There are trillions of charged particles - protons and electrons , the basic building blocks of matter - whizzing around above your head at any ...