Connect to share and comment The new discovery by the Van Allen
probe mission is the third transient radiation ring found that
encompasses our planet. NASA researchers say they've discovered
a temporary radiation belt around the Earth. The new discovery
by the Van Allen probe mission is the third transient radiation
ring that encompasses our planet. The ring was found by particle
detection instruments on the probe. It lasted a month, said the
Associated Press, but a shockwave from the sun broke it up and
it has since disappeared. More from GlobalPost: NASA briefly
loses contact with International Space Station "The fantastic
new capabilities and advances in technology in the Van Allen
Probes have allowed scientists to see in unprecedented detail
how the radiation belts are populated with charged particles and
will provide insight on what causes them to change, and how
these processes affect the upper reaches of Earth's atmosphere,"
said John Grunsfeld, NASA's associate administrator for science,
in a statemen