Space dust hits Earth every 16 minutes: ISRO detects
Udayavani January 06, 2026 06:40 PM

New Delhi: ISRO said on Monday that its indigenously developed dust detector has successfully detected dust falling from space. The Dust EXperiment (DEX) machine, established in Ahmedabad, indicated that space dust is falling to Earth every 1000 seconds (16 minutes). ISRO stated that by studying this, the study of particles falling from comets will become easier.


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