Scientists discovered the Bermuda Triangle of Space
You better avoid this Area on your next trip in the space;)
did you know that there's a mysterious area in space where astronauts are unable to communicate with home base
they're exposed to extreme levels of radiation and their spaceships start to malfunction
it's being dubbed the Bermuda Triangle of space this area has perplexed scientists for decades but astronomers may have finally solved this outer space anomaly
what exactly is the Bermuda Triangle of space anyway well its official name is the South Atlantic anomaly or SAA for short it's hovering above the South Atlantic
stretching from Chile to Zimbabwe and
this area has a considerably weaker magnetic field when compared to the rest
of the Van Allen radiation belt the Van
Allen radiation belt is a pair of cosmic Donuts surrounding Earth this is a unique location where the radiation belt comes closest to the
Earth's surface these belts trap particles that shoot from the sun which protects the Earth from harmful radiation the solar radiation within
the South Atlantic anomaly
isn't held back to the same degree though but why well to explain that first let's dive into what happens if you wander into this
terrifying part of our solar system you know trying to solve this Bermuda Triangle of space it really sparked. let's see if we can solve this space Bermuda Triangle mystery the SAA is known for causing electronic malfunctions in spaceships and extreme radiation exposure for astronauts it can completely destroy spacecraft in 2016 the Japanese satellite Hitomi Came Crashing Down to Earth after satellite operators began getting mixed signals from the ship it was reporting inaccurate data about how it was performing up in space making people down on Earth think that everything was fine but this was happening as it traveled through the SAA so operators weren't aware that there was a problem and couldn't take steps to correct it the Hubble telescope luckily has managed to avoid any issues while traveling through the SAA that's despite spending a whopping 15 percent of its time in the space anomaly to protect the telescope satellite operators power it down if they didn't the SAA could corrupt any precious data that's been collected and potentially crash but how do astronauts deal with these heavy levels of radiation well their radiation levels are constantly being monitored so if they do end up in the anomaly they have what's known as a water wall certain rooms on ships are filled with these massive bags of water and if you stand behind them they'll protect you from radiation water is the best thing to Shield you from this harmful energy because of its high hydrogen content now if they didn't have this water wall they could get severe radiation poisoning or even cancer so we know the radiation levels are much higher and more dangerous in this specific part of space but why is it happening in the first place well despite what pictures might show you Earth isn't completely round it bulges around the center like me and because of this the Earth's physical Center and its magnetic Center are slightly off by about 500 kilometers this offset means things like cosmic rays can get closer to the Earth's surface near the bulging area luckily the Earth's magnetic bubble can still keep all those dangerous rays from getting to us but that's not the case for people in space above the South Atlantic because of this stronger radiation levels can reach this point up in space and what's even more concerning due to the fact that the magnetic poles here on Earth are constantly changing the South Atlantic anomaly keeps growing it's also gotten weaker by 15 meaning the radiation has gotten stronger in the area so NASA has been carefully monitoring the SAA since 2019. they've noticed that the anomaly is moving West and what's even weirder the anomaly is also splitting in two if this continues it could make things even more complicated regarding space travel and data collection but luckily for it to change significantly would take Millions if not billions of years so this Bermuda Triangle of space isn't as mysterious as it sounds and astronomers are getting better at handling it with every new ship launch and every piece of data recorded
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