ejecta
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The analysis suggests that mantle-derived material is mixed throughout the basin and within the ejecta blanket surrounding it.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 22, 2026
“They are able to show that ejecta from a crater the size of the Giordano Bruno … could survive for a long enough timescale in a co-orbital zone around Earth.”
From Science Magazine ● Apr. 19, 2024
"We actually used the equations of volcanoes to predict how fast ejecta would fly - 90 meters per second," he told BBC News.
From BBC ● Nov. 18, 2023
But then sometime between day 200 and 1000 the ejecta must have clashed with the hollow ring of star stuff, causing it to light up again.
From Space Scoop ● Mar. 21, 2023
Lots of carbon comes up with kimberlite ejecta, but most is vaporized or turns to graphite.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
