moon dust

American  

[moon duhst] / ˈmun ˌdʌst /

Or moondust

noun

1. the dry, powdery soil of the moon.

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Etymology

Origin of moon dust

First recorded in 1900–05

Example Sentences

"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 team found that aggregates of fluffy and highly porous particles scattered light the best, but they opted for a particle perhaps more easily accessible in space: moon dust.

From Washington Post • Feb. 8, 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