How LISA Pathfinder Detected Dozens of 'Comet Crumbs'

NASA scientists used data from ESA’s (the European Space Agency’s) LISA Pathfinder mission to detect 54 micrometeoroid impacts on the spacecraft. The research will help scientists learn more about how dust behaves in our planetary system and those around other stars.
The new measurements could help refine dust models used by researchers in a variety of studies, from understanding the physics of planet formation to estimating impact risks for current and future spacecraft.
Credit: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center

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