A spattering of miniscule glass "beads" found in the mountains of Antarctica may lead the way to an 800,000-year-old meteor impact crater. The tiny spheres, known as microtektites, are each no ...

Imperial experts have found a 'breadcrumb trail' of debris from an 800,000 year old meteor impact Around 800,000 years ago, a 20 kilometre meteor collided with the earth, producing a zone of ...

A large meteoritic event over Antarctica ca. 430 ka ago inferred from chondritic spherules from the Sør Rondane Mountains. Science Advances , 2021; 7 (14): eabc1008 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abc1008 ...

New research suggests yellow Libyan Desert Glass was formed 29 million years ago when a meteorite struck Earth, not by an airburst. Skip to main content Open menu Close menu ...