regolith

noun

reg·o·lith ˈre-gə-ˌlith

: unconsolidated residual or transported material that overlies the solid rock on the earth, moon, or a planet

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Schwartz added some artificial moondust—regolith—to certain organoid tubes to approximate its impact combined with that of radiation. —

Dhruv Khullar, The New Yorker, 10 Feb. 2025 Analysis of the sample found volcanic glass beads in the lunar regolith that have been dated to 123 million years ago, give or take 15 million years. —

Keith Cooper, Space.com, 3 Feb. 2025 Cleaning up the regolith and turning it into something viable wouldn’t be easy. —

Sven Bilén, Discover Magazine, 17 July 2024 With its last vestiges of battery charge, the lander will record the lunar sunset and a phenomenon last observed during the final Apollo mission, in which magnetic forces agitate the regolith across the surface as the sun fades behind the horizon. —

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