Two bands of radiation called the Van Allen belts encircle Earth. After a May 2024 solar superstorm, two more showed up between those belts.

The film discusses the complex interactions between the Earth and the Sun through the magnetosphere, emphasizing the impact of solar activity on Earth's environment, including weather patterns and ...

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

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

Earth is permanently surrounded by rings of radiation known as the Van Allen belts (multicolor). The newly identified ...

The temporary belts, one of which still remains, were filled with high-energy electrons and protons and were found by a ...

American space agency NASA announced that the Blue Ghost lander is now on its way to the Moon, arrival in orbit expected ...

2024's gigantic solar storm gave the Earth two new temporary radiation belts, according to NASA's CubeSat mission. One of these belts could stay in place for a "very long time", according to NASA ...

Scientists reveal the discovery of two new temporary radiation belts encircling the Earth created by a massive solar storm in ...

The military wanted to test the electromagnetic impacts of nuclear weapons in space. In 1962 they lit up the sky.

The most powerful solar storm to impact Earth in decades caused the temporary formation of radiation belts around Earth, NASA recently announced. A NASA CubeSat satellite made the discovery, which ...

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