How to Use Van Allen belt in a Sentence
Van Allen belt
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The Van Allen belts are a harsh region and can be damaging to spacecraft and astronauts alike.
—Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 10 Mar. 2026
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The Van Allen belts pose one of the largest hazards to future spacefarers venturing deep into the cosmos.
—Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 10 Mar. 2026
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But astronauts must fly through the Van Allen belts to reach outer space, which exposes them to harmful radiation.
—Denise Chow, NBC news, 10 Mar. 2026
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The scientists discovered the Van Allen belts, which radiate energized particles in two rings around the earth.
—B. R. Cohen, Longreads, 13 Jan. 2026
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At that altitude, the satellite passes through the Van Allen belt, a region of intense cosmic radiation trapped by Earth's magnetic field.
—Tereza Pultarova, Space.com, 8 July 2026
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