ejecta

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“If a piece of Moon ejecta is linked to a particular crater, that’s very exciting.”

From Science Magazine • Apr. 19, 2024

Remote observations show that distant ejecta in CE-5 regolith mainly come from four impact craters, and the Aristarchus crater is the youngest among the four distant craters.

From Science Daily • Feb. 6, 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

The supernova’s ejecta expands in an “hourglass shape” as it impacts this disk.

From Scientific American • Jul. 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