Earth grew an extra, never-before-seen 'radiation belt'

Earth grew an extra, never-before-seen 'radiation belt' after last year's supercharged solar storm — and it's probably still there
Data collected from a once-defunct NASA satellite show that Earth grew two extra radiation belts following a supercharged geomagnetic storm in May 2024, including a never-before-seen structure that is "likely still there today,
That Huge 2024 Solar Storm Didn’t Just Light Up the Skies—It Reshaped Space Near Earth
A NASA satellite that suddenly reappeared after going silent gets credit for the remarkable discovery—a pair of temporary radiation belts between the Van Allen Belts.
Massive solar storm gave rise to new radiation belts
The largest solar storm in two decades hit Earth in May 2024. For several days, wave after wave of high-energy charged particles from the Sun rocked the planet. Brilliant auroras engulfed the skies, and some GPS communications were temporarily disrupted.
NASA CubeSat finds new radiation belts after May 2024 solar storm
The largest solar storm in two decades hit Earth in May 2024. For several days, wave after wave of high-energy charged particles from the sun rocked the planet. Brilliant auroras engulfed the skies, and some GPS communications were temporarily disrupted.
CubeSat Discovers New Radiation Belts Post Solar Storm
Key PointsThe May 2024 solar storm created two new temporary belts of high-energy particles surrounding Earth.Such belts have been seen
Huge solar storm in May 2024 spawned 2 new radiation belts around Earth
The creation of the belts, and others like it in the future, are a potential new danger to astronauts and satellites headed to geostationary orbit and beyond.
Giant Solar Storm Gave Earth A New Proton Belt, NASA's CubeSat Mission Finds
Earth two new temporary radiation belts, according to NASA's CubeSat mission. One of these belts could stay in place for a "very long time", according to NASA scientists. Just beyond low-Earth orbit,
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Auroras predicted over US this weekend as solar storm rips toward Earth
If the solar storm hits this weekend, auroras could be visible ... Auroras occur when charged particles from the sun collide with Earth's magnetic field, or magnetosphere. These particles ...
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Remember the northern lights that reached Florida? The solar storm created radiation belts around Earth
A discovery made by a Nasa CubeSat has revealed that the historic solar storm of 2024, which caused the aurora borealis to be visible as far south as Florida and the northern Caribbean, also ...
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An asteroid could hit Earth: What could happen, and should we worry?
An asteroid becomes a meteorite when it travels to Earth from a nearby orbit or the outer solar system and collides with Earth, according to the United States Geological Survey. Small asteroids ...
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Huge 500,000-mile-wide hole opens in Sun
A vast 500,000-mile-wide coronal hole has opened in the Sun's atmosphere. The area measures over 62 times the diameter of Earth and is now shooting high-speed solar wind toward Earth. When such ...
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The Sun Does Something Weird Right Before It Unleashes Solar Flares
What Would Happen If a Massive Solar Storm Hit Earth? Using NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory, Mason and her colleagues analyzed the flickering of coronal loops—arch-like structures in the Sun ...
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Solar Flare News
2024 — Space storms could soon be forecasted with greater accuracy than ever before thanks to a big leap forward in our understanding of exactly when a violent solar eruption may hit Earth.
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AI trained on decades of Sun activity data predicts solar storms, scientists say
In May 2024, the Earth was hit by the strongest geomagnetic storm in decades ... for better forecasting models to accurately predict solar flares and their impact on the Earth.