RADS ON A PLANE: For the past three years, Spaceweather.com and the students of Earth to Sky Calculus have been flying cosmic ray sensors onboard commercial airlines, gathering data over 27 countries, 5 continents and 2 oceans. New results from the study are available today. Highlights: In the USA, planes flying over New England receive as much as 30% more radiation than planes flying over the desert Southwest. In South America, Chile has unusually low radiation--a likely result of its location on the verge of the South Atlantic Anomaly. And more... Visit Spaceweather.com for the full story.
Above: Our 3-year database of global radiation measurements allows us to compare aviation radiation over different countries--in this case, Chile vs. the USA vs. Sweden. Learn more at RadsonaPlane.com
