ISRO's Dust Detector Successfully Tracks Interplanetary Particles

ISRO's dust detector successfully tracks interplanetary particles

In a significant milestone for Indian space science, ISRO’s first indigenous dust detector has successfully detected interplanetary dust particles (IDP). These particles are described by the space agency as "a cosmic invader striking every thousand seconds" on Earth. The Dust EXperiment (DEX) is the first Indian-made instrument of its kind, launched last year aboard the PSLV Orbital Experimental Module (POEM). According to ISRO, IDPs are microsc…

Tiny Space Dust Hits Earth Every 16 Minutes, Says ISRO

ISRO’s Dust EXperiment (DEX) has detected interplanetary dust particles striking Earth roughly every 1,000 seconds—tiny fragments from comets and asteroids that continuously bombard our planet.DEX (Dust EXperiment) is an official ISRO project, developed by its Physical Research Laboratory (PRL) in Ahmedabad. It is India’s first home-grown dust detector, flown aboard ISRO’s PSLV Orbital Experimental Module (POEM) in 2024–25. What Was Discovered F…

Indian scientists study interplanetary dust particles

New Delhi: Microscopic fragments of asteroids and comets zipping across the Solar System are known as Interplanetary Dust Particles (IDPs). The atmosphere of the Earth is constantly bombarded by IDPs that mostly burn up in the middle atmosphere or mesosphere, and are sometimes visible as shooting stars. For the first time, an Indian instrument was used to detect IDPs. The Dust Experiment (DEX) instrument was flown on the third PSLV Orbital Exper…