Star Trek-like shield discovered in Earth’s orbit shelters our planet from ‘killer electrons’
Many thousands of miles above our planet's surface, electrons whiz through close to the speed of light. These electrons can ...
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Earth is like a natural particle accelerator in space pushing electrons to 99.9% speed of light
(c) Geoff Reeves, Los Alamos National Laboratory We all appreciate and love the sun's gaze in ...
NASA discovers surprise energy belt surrounding Earth
A ring of radiation that scientists knew nothing about fleetingly surrounded our planet last year, before being blown away by ...