Universe TodayFeb 11, 2025

NASA CubeSat Discovers New Radiation Belts After Intense Solar Storm

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NASA CubeSat Discovers New Radiation Belts After Intense Solar Storm

In a groundbreaking discovery, a NASA CubeSat has detected new radiation belts around Earth following a powerful solar storm in May 2024. This discovery reshapes our understanding of how solar activity interacts with Earth’s magnetic field, creating new zones of trapped particles. CubeSat, which was designed to study space weather, has captured data that could … Continue reading "NASA CubeSat Discovers New Radiation Belts After Intense Solar Storm"

Universe Today
Daniel FischerFeb 6, 2025
A New Electron and Proton #RadiationBelt Identified by CIRBE/REPTile-2 Measurements After the Magnetic Super Storm of 10 May 2024: https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1029/2024JA033504 -> NASA CubeSat Finds New Radiation Belts After May 2024 Solar Storm: https://science.nasa.gov/science-research/heliophysics/nasa-cubesat-finds-new-radiation-belts-after-may-2024-solar-storm/
Daniel FischerFeb 6, 2025
Lightning-induced relativistic electron precipitation from the inner #RadiationBelt: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-024-53036-4 -> Lightning strikes link weather on Earth and weather in space: https://theconversation.com/lightning-strikes-link-weather-on-earth-and-weather-in-space-243772
Lightning-induced relativistic electron precipitation from the inner radiation belt - Nature Communications

Microburst are observed in Earth’s outer and inner radiation belts, and in the slot region at typically keV energies. Here, the authors show direct observations of lightning-induced electron precipitation at MeV energies.

Nature
Hari TulsidasJun 6, 2023

For the first time, astronomers have detected a radiation belt around a dwarf star outside our solar system. Radiation belts are zones of energetic particles trapped by a planet’s or star’s magnetic field. The discovery could help us understand how radiation belts form and evolve.

#RadiationBelt #DwarfStar #Astronomy

https://www.space.com/dwarf-star-radiation-belt-first-outside-solar-system

Radiation belt seen beyond our solar system for the 1st time

Astronomers have observed a radiation belt around an ultracool dwarf star, the first ever seen outside the solar system.

Space