The belts were created when charged particles from the solar outbursts became trapped by Earth's magnetic field. These bands are similar to the Van Allen belts — a pair of permanent donut-shaped ...

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 ...

Earth is encircled by two donut-shaped bands of particles called the Van Allen belts, where energetic protons and electrons from the sun are trapped by the planet’s magnetic field. These ...

These belts, located between the two permanent Van Allen belts, surprised scientists with their composition and lifespan. The May 2024 solar storm created two additional radiation belts, sandwiched ...

Relativistic electrons in the outer Van Allen belt wreak havoc with satellites in geosynchronous orbit, but how they reach such high energies has been unclear. New data identify gyro-resonant wave ...