Last Updated: Thursday, December 19, 2013, 13:33
Researchers have claimed to have resolved decades of scientific controversy over the origin of the extremely energetic particles known as ultra-relativistic electrons in the Earth`s near-space environment.
Last Updated: Thursday, December 5, 2013, 12:25
Researchers are unravelling the longstanding mysteries surrounding the Van Allen radiation belts that circle Earth.
Last Updated: Monday, September 23, 2013, 16:07
UCLA space scientists have revealed that the extremely energetic particles that made up the third ring, known as ultra-relativistic electrons, are driven by very different physics.
Last Updated: Friday, July 26, 2013, 22:32
NASA scientists have discovered a massive particle accelerator in the heart of one of the harshest regions of near-Earth space, known as the Van Allen radiation belts.
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