Researchers at Los Alamos
Researchers at Los Alamos (N.M.) National Laboratory say they have demonstrated how electromagnetic waves accelerate ordinary electrons in the Van Allen radiation belts that circle the Earth to a state where they become “killer electrons” that endanger satellites, spacecraft and even astronauts. A...
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