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regolith

Surface layer of loose material that covers most bedrock. It consists of eroded rocky material, volcanic ash, river alluvium, vegetable matter, or a mixture of these known as soil.
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An instrument aboard an Indian space probe has boosted a hypothesis that the Moon generates water thanks to collisions between solar particles and lunar dust, the European Space Agency (ESA) said on Thursday.
Space probe backs theory of how Moon makes its water by AFP / AFP Global Edition
Lunar dust contains two pints of moisture to every ton.
..ONE SMALL DROP FOR MAN; Enough water found on moon to support human ... by The Mirror (London, England)
But it's bound up in the lunar dust and doesn't exist in liquid form, according to new data from three spacecraft.
MOON RIVER; Scientists say they can get water from lunar dust to use ... by Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)
 
 
 
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