Sentences with phrase «radiation belts surrounding»
NASA's Van Allen Probes orbit through two giant radiation belts surrounding Earth.
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Recent observations by NASA's twin Van Allen Probes show that particles in the radiation belts surrounding Earth are accelerated by a local kick of energy, helping to explain how these particles reach speeds of 99 percent the speed of light.
Not exact matches
Scientists have discovered a massive particle accelerator in the heart of one of the harshest regions of near - Earth space, a region of super-energetic, charged particles surrounding the globe called the Van Allen radiation belts.
Over time, the blast would feed additional charged particles into the Van Allen radiation belts that surround Earth, ruining the operation of most satellites in low Earth orbit within a month, O'Hanlon argues in written testimony.
This limits the amount of radiation in the innermost of two radiation belts that surround Earth.
«Each new orbit brings us closer to the heart of Jupiter's radiation belt, but so far the spacecraft has weathered the storm of electrons surrounding Jupiter better than we could have ever imagined,» said Nybakken.
The Earth is seen to be surrounded by the plasmapause (blue - green area) and the two main radiation belts further out (multi-color area).
Radio astronomers discovered intense belts of radiation surrounding Jupiter created by electrons trapped in its powerful magnetic field — 10x the Earth's!