Submitted by xCardinals7x t3_yrrgq3 in space
UmbralRaptor t1_ivv5od8 wrote
A key feature of space is that it's relatively empty. Especially as you get farther out.
While the Voyagers don'tt have detectors for dust impacts, I did find this from New Horizons:
> the Venetia Burney Student Dust Counter only counted a single dust particle within five days of the [Pluto] flyby. This is similar to the density of dust particles in free space in the outer solar system — about 6 particles per cubic mile
https://www.nasa.gov/feature/top-new-horizons-findings-reported-in-science/
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