High-resolution imaging of radio emissions from an ultracool dwarf shows a double-lobed structure like the radiation belts of Jupiter. A team of astronomers has successfully…
For the first time, astronomers have discovered a radiation belt outside our solar system, around a brown dwarf called LSR J1835+3259. The belt is 10…
Radiation Belts — Fun Facts Two radiation belts filled with electrons and charged particles surround Earth. The inner one is fairly stable, but the outer…
Using data collected from a fleet of orbiting spacecraft, researchers at UCLA have explained the disappearance of energetic electrons in Earth’s outer radiation belt. In…