Ejecta

Ejecta refers to the material expelled from a target during an impact event, which can include coherent ejecta blankets, breccias, ScienceDirect.com

When the asteroid struck the far side of the moon, the world didn't end with a bang, but with a rain of . Scientists called it "impact debris," but to Elara, standing on her porch in the cooling dusk, it looked like the stars were finally coming home to roost. Ejecta

She realized then that the asteroid hadn't just hit a moon; it had hit a tomb. Or perhaps a beacon. The wasn't just debris—it was a message, scattered across the planet for anyone who knew how to look at the stones. Ejecta refers to the material expelled from a