moon dust
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of moon dust
First recorded in 1900–05
Example Sentences
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"Then, we conducted a series of experiments -- half in a simulated environment, half in the real world -- to measure whether the virtual moon dust behaved the same as its real-world counterpart."
From Science Daily • Feb. 22, 2024
One tool will measure how the landing disturbs and sends up plumes of moon dust.
From BBC • Feb. 15, 2024
Measuring individual uranium and lead atoms found in crystallized moon dust particles, a team of researchers estimated Monday that the moon is actually 4.46 billion years old.
From Salon • Oct. 23, 2023
The 7-foot lander is carrying a mini lunar rover for the United Arab Emirates and a toylike robot from Japan designed to roll around in the moon dust.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 24, 2023
But a long time ago the glass ceiling over the terrarium had cracked, and so everything was dead, and there was moon dust all over everything out there.
From "Feed" by M.T. Anderson
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