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The pitfalls of Somanath calling Aditya L1 a “protector”
In a WhatsApp group of which I’m a part, there’s a heated discussion going on around an article published by NDTV on June 10, entitled ‘Sun’s Fury May Fry Satellites, But India Has A Watchful Space Protector’. The article was … Continue reading
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Tagged Aditya L1, Indian Space Research Organisation, NDTV, S Somanath, scientific mission, solar storm, Somak Raychaudhury, space weather
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Unusual third Van Allen belt explained
Remember that third Van Allen radiation belt that appeared in February and lasted for about a month? Scientists from the University of California, Los Angeles, have started to understand what it really was – a belt composed solely of electrons … Continue reading
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Tagged solar flare, space weather, ultra-relativistic energies, Van Allen Probes, Van Allen radiation belts, wave-particle duality
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