Scientists Figure Out Possible New Threat to Spacecraft – IEEE Spectrum

http://spectrum.ieee.org/tech-talk/aerospace/space-flight/scientists-figure-out-possible-new-threat-to-spacecraft

Micrometeoroids don’t pack enough punch to get through a spacecraft’s hull. But according to new simulations reported this week in the journal Physics of Plasmas, they can generate a potentially crippling pulse of radio-frequency radiation.