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Photograph of impact glass beads under binocular microscope separated from the Chang’e-5 lunar soils. The glass beads vary from black to brown in tens to hundreds of micrometer sizes. (Sen Hu/IGGCAS) ...

A strange type of glass that was discovered in 1933 in the Libyan desert may come from a meteorite, an analysis shows, but impact crater is still missing. When you purchase through links on our site, ...

A doorbell camera caught the moment when a meteorite impacted on the walkway of a home in Prince Edward Island, Canada, ...

A cross-section of a piece of the Allende meteorite. The beads of glass inside these meteorites are called chondrules. Scientists think they are bits of rock left over from the debris that was ...

Scientists have revealed their findings after a suspected meteorite struck a self-driving car in rural South Australia.

Since their discovery 13 years ago, scientists have puzzled over the origin of tiny glass beads found inside ancient clam shells. New evidence suggests they’re microtektites—a byproduct of meteorite ...

Meteorites are like a time machine and spacecraft all in one. Discover how our scientists use rare specimens in the meteorite collection we care for to understand the history of Earth and our solar ...

This shows research in the field area of Tissint meteorite fall in the south of Morocco. This image relates to a paper that appeared in the Oct. 11, 2012, issue of Science Express, published by AAAS.

Ever since scientists started looking at meteorites with microscopes, they’ve been puzzled—and fascinated—by what’s inside. Most meteorites are made of tiny beads of glass that date back to the ...

Ever since scientists started looking at meteorites with microscopes, they’ve been puzzled–and fascinated–by what’s inside. Most meteorites are made of tiny beads of glass that date back to the ...

Scientists have published an analysis laying out how the tiny beads of glass inside many meteorites came to be -- and what they can tell us about what happened in the early solar system. Ever since ...