Earth's Supposedly Impenetrable Radiation Barrier Has Been Breached
A Japanese satellite detected megaelectronvolt electrons inside Earth's inner Van Allen belt during a May 2024 G5 solar storm. Researchers led by Yoshizumi Miyoshi at Nagoya University report in Geophysical Research Letters that extreme space weather conditions breached the region's previously assumed impenetrable barrier, allowing high-energy particles to penetrate closer to the planet than previously thought possible.
Source: Earth's Supposedly Impenetrable Radiation Barrier Has Been Breached — ScienceAlert
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