Van Allen radiation belts, with whistler waves and super-fast, energetic electrons (IMAGE)

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Van Allen radiation belts, with whistler waves and super-fast, energetic electrons

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Electrons in a Van Allen radiation belt (blue) encounter whistler waves (purple) and are sent raining toward the north pole (red). THEMIS satellites are seen near the radiation belt, while UCLA’s ELFIN hovers above Earth.

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Zhang, et al., Nature Communications, 2022

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