{"id":81599,"date":"2026-01-08T12:34:45","date_gmt":"2026-01-08T07:04:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=81599"},"modified":"2026-01-08T12:34:45","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T07:04:45","slug":"dust-experiment-dex","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/dust-experiment-dex\/","title":{"rendered":"Dust Experiment (DEX)"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Dust Experiment (DEX) Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, the Indian Space Research Organisation confirmed through its first-ever Dust Experiment (DEX) that an interplanetary dust particle enters Earth\u2019s atmosphere approximately every 1,000 seconds.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Dust Experiment (DEX)<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is the first Indian-made instrument to hunt for these <\/span><b>high speed Interplanetary Dust Particles (IDPs).\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is the first-of-its-kind instrument designed to detect <\/span><b>such high-transient particles.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is developed by the <\/span><b>Physical Research Laboratory, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ahmedabad.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was flown on <\/span><b>PSLV Orbital Experimental Module<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (POEM) of the <\/span><b>PSLV-C58 XPoSat Mission<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on January 1, 2024.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Features of Dust Experiment (DEX)<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a <\/span><b>compact instrument<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> tuned to hear impacts, capturing vital data.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At the core of the experiment lies <\/span><b>a 3-kilogram dust detector<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> based on the cutting-edge <\/span><b>hypervelocity principle designed<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to capture high-speed space dust impacts with only 4.5 W power consumption.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It rocketed to an <\/span><b>altitude of 350Km.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DEX is a blueprint of the detector which <\/span><b>can study the cosmic dust particle<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> at any planet having an atmosphere<\/span><b> or no atmosphere.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Significance of the Dust Experiment (DEX)<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Its data redefines our understanding of the universe and charts the path for <\/span><b>safe human deep-space missions.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Understanding and collecting data on interplanetary dust in Earth\u2019s atmosphere will also be valuable for <\/span><b>planning Gaganyaan missions.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><b>What are Interplanetary Dust Particles (IDPs)?\u00a0<\/b><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Interplanetary dust refers to <\/span><b>micrometer-scale<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> particles originating from the solar system.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These are microscopic <\/span><b>shrapnel from comets and asteroids<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that form our atmosphere&#8217;s mysterious &#8220;meteor layer&#8221;, and show up as \u201cshooting stars\u201d at night.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These can be <\/span><b>analyzed to gain insights into their origins,<\/b> <b>formation mechanisms,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and the processes that occurred in <\/span><b>early solar and presolar environments.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>\u00a0Source: <\/b><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/cities\/bangalore\/isro-cosmic-dust-earths-atmosphere-every-16-minutes-discovery-gaganyaan-10459592\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">IE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dust Experiment (DEX) is the first Indian-made instrument to hunt for these high speed Interplanetary Dust Particles (IDPs). 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