{"id":21115,"date":"2017-03-30T14:33:30","date_gmt":"2017-03-30T18:33:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sciencescosmaincms.cm.ucf.edu\/news\/?p=21115"},"modified":"2017-04-06T11:15:39","modified_gmt":"2017-04-06T15:15:39","slug":"ucf-physics-team-finds-solution-celestial-radiation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/ucf-physics-team-finds-solution-celestial-radiation\/","title":{"rendered":"UCF Physics Team Finds Solution for Celestial Radiation"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_21135\" style=\"width: 462px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21135\" class=\"wp-image-21135\" src=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2017\/03\/Leos-and-Dan.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"452\" height=\"242\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2017\/03\/Leos-and-Dan.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2017\/03\/Leos-and-Dan-300x161.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2017\/03\/Leos-and-Dan-768x411.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2017\/03\/Leos-and-Dan-1024x549.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2017\/03\/Leos-and-Dan-299x160.jpg 299w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 452px) 100vw, 452px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-21135\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">UCF planetary sciences doctoral student Leos Pohl and UCF Physics Professor Dr. Dan Britt.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>University of Central Florida Department of Physics Professor Dan Britt, Ph.D., and UCF planetary sciences doctoral student Leos Pohl believe there is an alternative to battling radiation in space.<\/p>\n<p>Research of the UCF scientists was recently featured in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscientist.com\/article\/2124676-asteroid-clay-is-a-better-space-radiation-shield-than-aluminium\/\"><em>New Scientist<\/em> article<\/a><em>, <\/em>\u2018Asteroid clay is a better space radiation shield than aluminium,\u2019 published March 14, 2017. The article referenced Britt and Pohl\u2019s research study \u2018<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S0273117716307505\">The radiation shielding potential of CI and CM chondrites<\/a>\u2019 published in <em>Advances in Space Research<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>According to the <em>New Scientist<\/em> article by Abigail Beall, radiation from cosmic rays is one of the biggest health risks astronauts will face on long space missions, such as a proposed trip to Mars or settlement on the moon.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_21133\" style=\"width: 364px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21133\" class=\"wp-image-21133\" src=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2017\/03\/Danielle-Futselaar-SETI-Institute.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"354\" height=\"236\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-21133\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo provided by Danielle Futselaar from the SETI Institute: Space rock clay is rich in hydrogen, which blocks harmful cosmic rays.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Aluminium shields commonly used for protection and currently used for short missions would be too expensive to ship, the article\u00a0explains.<\/p>\n<p>According to Pohl and Britt, asteroids could provide a solution.<\/p>\n<p>Pohl and Britt found that clays extracted from some types of asteroids are up to 10 percent more effective at stopping the high-energy charged particles given off by the sun and other cosmic bodies.<\/p>\n<p>Britt believes for a long-term presence on the moon or\u00a0Mars, we will need to\u00a0use materials found in space.<\/p>\n<p>Read more about the importance of this discovery <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscientist.com\/article\/2124676-asteroid-clay-is-a-better-space-radiation-shield-than-aluminium\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>University of Central Florida Department of Physics Professor Dan Britt, Ph.D., and UCF planetary sciences doctoral student Leos Pohl believe there is an alternative to battling radiation in space. 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