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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The Sun has very little of these elements present in its photosphere, but the Moon’s crust and regolith is almost exclusively composed of these heavier elements.
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Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 4 Sep. 2025
Interlune wants its harvester to dig up a hundred tons of regolith an hour.
—Jeremy Bogaisky, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
The gypsum dunes replicate crusty Martian sediment, while frozen ridges offer lessons in ice-regolith interactions.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 22 Aug. 2025
Had the Apollo 11 Saturn V launch slipped to July 21 1969, then humanity's first steps on the moon would have been left in the regolith coating Oceanus Procellarum instead.
—Anthony Wood, Space.com, 20 July 2025
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Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 4 Sep. 2025
Interlune wants its harvester to dig up a hundred tons of regolith an hour.
—Jeremy Bogaisky, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
The gypsum dunes replicate crusty Martian sediment, while frozen ridges offer lessons in ice-regolith interactions.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 22 Aug. 2025
Had the Apollo 11 Saturn V launch slipped to July 21 1969, then humanity's first steps on the moon would have been left in the regolith coating Oceanus Procellarum instead.
—Anthony Wood, Space.com, 20 July 2025
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“Regolith.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/regolith. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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