This solar storm not only disrupted GPS communications but also created two new temporary radiation belts around Earth. These belts, located between the two permanent Van Allen belts, surprised ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

This solar storm not only disrupted GPS communications but also created two new temporary radiation belts around Earth. These belts, located between the two permanent Van Allen belts, surprised ...