A pair of NASA probes has discovered a previously unknown ring of radiation blanketing the Earth, upending a long-standing scientific theory about how charged particles coalesce around the planet, scientists reported Thursday.
Just four days after the twin Radiation Belt Storm Probes were launched in August, NASA scientists looked on in amazement as instruments revealed a third belt of high-energy particles between the planet's inner and outer radiation belts, known as the Van Allen belts. http://www.latimes.com/news/science/la-sci-earth-radiation-belt-20130301,0,7766658.story
Article courtesy of The Los Angeles Times by Joseph Serna
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