CIRBE CubeSat finds new radiation belts after solar storm

NASA is highlighting new research from the 蜜糖直播 Inner Radiation Belt Experiment (CIRBE) CubeSat.
Designed at built at 蜜糖直播 Boulder and LASP, CIRBE is conducting sophisticated, fine-grain measurements of the Van Allen Belts.
Following the largest solar storm in two decades, scientists discovered that this storm also created two new temporary belts of energetic particles encircling Earth.
鈥淲hen we compared the data from before and after the storm, I said, 鈥榃ow, this is something really new,鈥欌 said the paper鈥檚 lead author Xinlin Li, a professor at听the Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics (LASP) and Smead Aerospace. 鈥淭his is really stunning.鈥
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