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NASA scientists find third radiation belt around Earth

Third radiation belt discovered around Earth, Telegraph UK,
 A previously unknown belt of radiation surrounded Earth for several
weeks last year, Nasa scientists have discovered. By Nick Collins,
Science Correspondent
 01 Mar 2013 “……Nicky Fox, Van Allen Probes deputy project
scientist at the Johns Hopkins University, said: “We thought we knew
the radiation belts, but we don’t. The advances in technology and
detection made by NASA in this mission already have had an almost
immediate impact on basic science.”
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/space/9902765/Third-radiation-belt-discovered-around-Earth.html

March 2, 2013 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | 2 WORLD, radiation