Astronauts must pass through the Van Allen belts to get to outer space. To do this safely, they must plot their route so they will pass through the weakest part of the belts and spend as little time ...

They sit in a toroidal or donut shape around the planet but the mysteries about what gives Van Allen’s belts their shape is one of the big questions still being researched today. Another big ...

These belts pose significant challenges for space travel. The high-energy particles trapped within them can damage spacecraft electronics and pose health risks to astronauts. Listen to Story These ...

Remember the big solar storm in May? Scientists have just discovered that, in addition to creating spellbinding auroras, the storm also made a new temporary ring of charged, high-energy particles ...

The ancient Kasar Devi Temple in Uttarakhand is positioned directly on the Van Allen Belt. Machu Pichu in Peru and Stonehenge in the UK are the two other landmarks located on Van Allen Belt. These ...

The Van Allen Belt has in itself a significant portion of Earth's magnetosphere, extending thousands of kilometres into space. But, when it comes to Earth, it is said that only 3 spots have the ...

Today’s Wonder of the Day was inspired by Ben from Carlisle . Ben Wonders, “How did NASA safely pass through the Van Allen belt?” Thanks for WONDERing with us, Ben! What’s the most dangerous belt? If ...

This is the first time a spacecraft will orbit the poles of Jupiter, which would help provide many more answers about the planet's composition and origin ...

(The other Van Allen Probe received its last ... beyond low Earth orbit since the Apollo era, when scientists had been studying the radiation belts for just over a decade — and they didn't ...