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Van Allen radiation belts

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Zones of energetic charged particles around Earth, trapped by Earth's magnetic field, discovered through early satellite experiments.

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Scott Solomon mentioned
"Those are called the Van Allen radiation belts. Interesting story how they were discovered. I talk about that in my book."
From: How Mars will change human evolution (big time) - Scott Solomon • ▶ 18:14 • Feb 2026

Attribution: Scott Solomon mentions these as part of explaining space radiation, noting he discusses their discovery in his book.