Latest NASA's Van Allen Probes mission Stories

WASHINGTON, Feb. 28, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- NASA's Van Allen Probes mission has discovered a previously unknown third radiation belt around Earth, revealing the existence of unexpected structures and processes within these hazardous regions of space. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20081007/38461LOGO) Previous observations of Earth's Van Allen belts have long documented two distinct regions of trapped radiation surrounding our planet. Particle detection instruments...