micrometeorite
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micrometeorites
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Space weathering, caused by solar wind particles, micrometeorite impacts, and cosmic radiation, slowly darkens exposed material.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 8, 2026
Grimes said it was almost impossible to see a micrometeorite with the naked eye.
From BBC ● Apr. 4, 2026
It added that its equipment had registered "the event of a micrometeorite impact".
From Reuters ● Aug. 19, 2023
Roscosmos said the leak might have been caused by a micrometeorite or a piece of space junk striking one of the capsule’s external radiators.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 19, 2022
“Everything at the surface is subject to harsh radiation, possible meteorite or micrometeorite bombardment and really large day-to-night temperature swings,” she said.
From New York Times ● Oct. 29, 2022
Orbital debris and micrometeorites are hazards because they can puncture the space data center, and a worst-case collision could destroy it and create even more space debris.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 19, 2026
Citizen scientists will then be encouraged to gather sediment from rooftops and gutters and use magnets, sieves, and microscopes provided by the project to isolate potential micrometeorites.
From BBC ● Apr. 4, 2026
It was not clear whether they were hit by micrometeorites or had manufacturing defects.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 25, 2023
Random meteoroids of this nature strike Earth constantly: scientists estimate between 10 million and 1 billion kilograms of meteorites hit Earth every year, most of them tiny micrometeorites.
From Salon ● Aug. 31, 2022
You know, of course, that we are constantly being bombarded by cosmic dust, the micrometeorites that always prove troublesome to the Earth satellites and space platforms.
From The Secret of the Ninth Planet by Donald Allen Wollheim
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