CALIFORNIA: Scientist’s team discovers an invisible “Star Trek” called killer electrons 7,200 miles above Earth. The electrons, which travel at near light speed, are proficient of damaging space electronics and can put astronauts in danger.
Director of Colorado University Boulder’s Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics Professor Daniel Baker said that it’s almost like these electrons are running into a glass wall in space. Somewhat like the shields created by force fields on Star Trek that were used to repel alien weapons.
We are seeing an invisible shield blocking these electrons shield, which forms a barrier to particle motion, which are held in place by Earth’s magnetic field, are two doughnut shaped rings that are packed with high energy electrons and protons. It is a really puzzling phenomenon.
The scientists discovered an “extremely sharp” boundary at the outer radiation belt, which appears to block electrons from breaking through the shield and moving towards Earth’s atmosphere.
Daniel Baker and his team used the probes to discover a third, temporary “storage ring” between the inner and outer Van Allen belts. The third ring appears to come and go, depending on space weather.
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