Earth is surrounded by a radio field caused by very low-frequency waves. This field pushes away the Van Allen Belts, a radiation swim-floaty that surrounds Earth's middle. Van Allen radiation hinders ...

Could a century-old military communication method be quietly protecting our planet from deadly space radiation? NASA’s Van Allen Probes, launched in 2012 to study Earth’s radiation belts, stumbled ...

In May 2024, an epic solar storm rattled Earth so powerfully that its effects were felt even at the bottom of the ocean. In the wake of a torrent of flare activity on the Sun, our planet was buffeted ...

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Human radio waves have inadvertently altered Earth's radiation belts, creating an unexpected barrier that modifies radiation behavior. While solar storms can rapidly create temporary, powerful ...

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The great solar storm of May 2024, which sparked beautiful auroral displays over much of the world, also created two new radiation belts that were observed with a satellite that came back from the ...

Space weather observers warn that the Van Allen radiation belts are now fully charged after repeated solar storms, raising ...

"Killer electrons" stashed in radiation belts around Earth could be dislodged by lightning to create a game of "cosmic pinball" that influences space weather around our planet. When you purchase ...

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Not all that far above your head is a particle accelerator that would put the Large Hadron Collider to shame. There, charged particles, some carried in by the solar wind, some created by cosmic rays, ...