Data collected from a once-defunct NASA satellite show that Earth grew two extra radiation belts following a supercharged ...

Alas, the miracle could not last. The solar storms were heating Earth's upper atmosphere, causing it to inflate and increase ...

The creation of the belts, and others like it in the future, are a potential new danger to astronauts and satellites headed ...

RadPC' flew on Firefly’s Ghost Riders in the Sky mission, which has left Earth Orbit and is headed for the Moon NASA has revealed its experimental Radiation Tolerant Computer has made it through the ...

In May 2024, an epic solar storm rattled Earth so powerfully that its effects were felt even at the bottom of the ocean.

The largest solar storm in two decades hit Earth in May 2024. For several days, wave after wave of high-energy charged ...

A NASA satellite that suddenly reappeared after going silent gets credit for the remarkable discovery—a pair of temporary ...

The discovery of the new belts, made possible by NASA’s Colorado Inner Radiation Belt Experiment ... since they travel through the Van Allen Belts several times before reaching their final ...

This measurement led to the discovery of the Van Allen radiation belts, two doughnut-shaped regions of high-energy electrons and ions encircling the planet. Scientists believe that the inner ...

Blue Ghost has left Earth’s orbit, carrying NASA’s science to the Moon. Instruments are performing well, including a ...