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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...

WASHINGTON, Feb. 25, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- NASA will hold a news conference at 2 p.m. EST, Thursday, Feb. 28, to discuss new observations from NASA's twin Van Allen Probes, which are studying Earth's radiation belts. The briefing will be held at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Kossiakoff Center, 11100 Johns Hopkins Rd., in Laurel, Md. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20081007/38461LOGO) The new observations have been embargoed by the...