UNH Researchers Discover Effect of Rare Solar Wind on Earth's Radiation Belts
Thursday, October 6, 2016 - 11:01
in Astronomy & Space
Researchers from the University of New Hampshire have captured unique measurements of the Van Allen radiation belts, which circle the Earth, during an extremely rare solar wind event. The findings, which have never been reported before, may be helpful in protecting orbiting telecommunication and navigational satellites, and possibly future astronauts, by helping to more accurately predict space conditions near Earth, as well as around more remote planets.