In 1958, James Van Allen discovered far fewer cosmic rays than expected using a cosmic-ray detector and suggested that a belt of strong radiation may have damaged the device. The belts were therefore ...

In 1958, James Van Allen discovered far fewer cosmic rays than expected using a cosmic-ray detector and suggested that a belt of strong radiation may have damaged the device. The belts were ...

"Many of the good ideas (in physics) really started from Charlie," Hsieh said. When the Van Allen Belt — a radiation belt of high-energy particles held in place by the Earth's magnetic influence ...