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The Van Allen Probes (formerly known as the Radiation Belt Storm Probes (RBSP)) were designed to help us understand the sun’s influence on Earth and near-Earth space by studying the Earth’s radiation belts on various scales of space and time. Image: NASA

Star Trek-like shield discovered in Earth’s orbit shelters our planet from ‘killer electrons’

by Dragos Mitrica

December 2, 2014

Many thousands of miles above our planet's surface, electrons whiz through close to the speed of light. These electrons can ...

(c) Geoff Reeves, Los Alamos National Laboratory

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

NASA discovers surprise energy belt surrounding Earth

by Mihai Andrei

A ring of radiation that scientists knew nothing about fleetingly surrounded our planet last year, before being blown away by ...

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