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 ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: 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 ...

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 ...