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Bonus finding from the paper: Some types of radio waves act to create a kind of shield around the Earth that protects us from harmful radiation. Very Low Frequency (VLF) waves, the kind used to communicate with submarines, created by humans seem to push back the Van Allen belt at times by changing how the charged particles move. The VLF waves propagate outward into space and serve to deflect high-energy particles that could cause harm to organic life, a potentially beneficial finding for researchers attempting to protect human spacefarers from cosmic radiation.