ejecta

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"To create these ions that we observed in the ejecta, it was clear that there had to be a source of high-energy radiation in the center of the SN 1987A remnant," Fransson said.

From Science Daily • Feb. 22, 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

Peering into these plumes could lead to studying oceanic ejecta that are just “minutes old,” Fox-Powell says.

From Scientific American • Feb. 16, 2023

The desert plains are giving way to bumpier terrain, strewn with ejecta that never got buried by sand.

From "The Martian" by Andy Weir