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Humans Accidentally Created a Protective Bubble Around Earth May 18, 2017 3:59 pm BuckGalaxy

Now here is an extremely cool discovery!

A pair of NASA space probes have detected an artificial bubble around Earth that forms when radio communications from the ground interact with high-energy radiation particles in space, the agency announced this week. The bubble forms a protective barrier around Earth, shielding the planet from potentially dangerous space weather, like solar flares and other ejections from the sun.

So being a space exploration fan the next logical question for me is can future humans refine this VLF wave technology to create a protective bubble around Mars? How about even around the Jovian moons for protection against Jupiter’s intense radiation?

  • These people are crazy. by hank 2017-05-18 16:18:39
    • A bit more useful info from NASA by RL 2017-05-18 17:03:47
      • So what do you guys think? by BuckGalaxy 2017-05-21 14:19:33
        • Its more complicated than that... by RL 2017-05-21 21:14:21
          • How can we know how VLF waves would interact with cosmic radiation in the absence of a magnetic field? by BuckGalaxy 2017-05-22 13:07:33
            • VLF doesn't interact with cosmic radiation. by hank 2017-05-22 14:35:33
              • I only scanned the paper by RL 2017-05-22 13:26:35
            • It might work. by hank 2017-05-21 15:02:36
            • added more in edit by RL 2017-05-18 17:13:10

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