Thursday, February 28, 2013

New, temporary radiation belt spotted around Earth

 

This artist rendering provided by NASA shows the Van Allen radiation belts around Earth. A new study published Thursday Feb. 28, 2013, in the journal Science reports that NASA’s recently launched twin satellites to the region discovered a third, temporary ring. It appeared for a month before a shock wave from the sun destroyed it. Scientists are still trying to figure out how often this happens. (AP Photo/NASA)LOS ANGELES (AP) — You may not have noticed it, but for several weeks last year, the Earth was surrounded by an extra ring of radiation.

New, temporary radiation belt spotted around Earth
Thu, 28 Feb 2013 21:32:00 GMT

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