Physics and Astronomy News Archive: October 2013

Image: Earth habitable for at least another 1.75 billion years

Earth habitable for at least another 1.75 billion years

Source: UEA UK   Posted: 10/4/13

Habitable conditions on Earth will be possible for at least another 1.75 billion years – according to astrobiologists at the University of East Anglia.
Image: Unusual rings of radiation in space explained

Unusual rings of radiation in space explained

Source: UCLA   Posted: 10/4/13

UCLA scientists explain the formation of unusual ring of radiation in space In pondering the mysterious ring in the Earth's Van Allen belts, researchers made a crucial discovery: Not all high-energy particles obey the same physics.