ejecta

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Seeing exactly how the ejecta blast outward and interact is key to explaining how shock waves form in novae.

From Science Daily • Dec. 31, 2025

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

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

“It could have gone really badly. They could have had the vehicle destroyed on the launchpad from ejecta hitting it.”

From Scientific American • May 4, 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