The Van Allen radiation belt is a torus of energetic charged particles (i.e. a plasma) around Earth, trapped by Earth's magnetic field. The Van Allen belts are closely related to the polar aurora where particles strike the upper atmosphere and fluoresce. The presence of a radiation belt had...
c), demonstrating the small effect that shielding has on GCR absorbed doses, especially compared with the large differences seen in the belt doses. Overall exposure was dominated by GCRs (Fig.2e), although the inner
In fact, as of June 2021, given my exposure to numerous persuasive documentaries and research articles, I now believe the US lunar landing was faked (for a variety of reasons, not the least of which no life can make it past low Earth orbit due to the Van Allen Belt's radiation) and ...
Earth’s magnetic field was in a highly unusual state when macroscopic animals of the Ediacara Fauna diversified and thrived. Any connection between these events is tantalizing but unclear. Here, we present single crystal paleointensity data from 2054 an
(The duo, originally dubbed the Radiation Belt Storm Probes, cost NASA $670 million at launch.) Earlier this year, the mission team began to lower the orbits of the pair of satellites, preparing for the day when they no longer had enough fuel to function. Both spacecraft will continue to...
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