Tellingly, the fossil-bearing layers contain loads of tiny glass bits called tektites—likely blobs of melted rock kicked up by the impact that solidified in the atmosphere and then rained down ...

Apollo astronauts discovered orange and black glass beads on the Moon's surface, a surprising find among the gray landscapes.

Learn more about these shimmery, orange and black beads on the moon that researchers describe as "tiny, pristine" time ...

No one expected these glittering bits among the gray lunar dust back then. The beads, smaller than grains of sand, formed ...