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Newly Discovered Van Allen Belt of Radiation Around Earth [Nature]

My article in Nature, Ephemeral Third Ring of Radiation Makes Appearance Around Earth, discusses how twin spacecraft studying the Van Allen radiation belt overturned a fifty year old model: Instead of seeing two rings of high-energy particles circling the Earth, an unexpected third ring has been found.

Earth's third Van Allen Belt
Earth’s third Van Allen Belt. Credit: NASA Van Allen Probes/Goddard Space Flight Center

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