Timeline for Where does the radiation in space come from and can we observe it?
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| Jun 29, 2014 at 4:10 | comment | added | John Meacham | The magnetosphere has no effect on x rays or gamma rays as photons are not affected by magnetic fields. What protects us from them is the atmosphere which absorbs pretty much anything more energetic than UV. In general, external UV,x, and gamma rays are not really an issue, unless you were incredibly unlucky and a GRB happened while you were up there. Charged particles are the big concern for space exploration, the magnetosphere does protect us from them on earth and collects them in the van allen belt. | |
| Dec 12, 2013 at 17:33 | comment | added | Envite | Could you make a mention to Gamma Ray Bursts? If they happen near enough they can be dangerous too. | |
| Oct 9, 2013 at 11:32 | vote | accept | e-sushi | ||
| Oct 9, 2013 at 11:20 | history | answered | Arne | CC BY-SA 3.0 |