Aaron J. Cavosie has received funding from Australian Research Council and the Space Science and Technology Centre at Curtin University. How Earth and the other planets of the solar system formed and ...

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 uncovered a vast field of tektites in Brazil—a rare type of natural glass forged in the aftermath of meteorite impacts. The field stretches across 560 miles (900 kilometers) and dates back ...

There are only a few known fields of tektites in the entire world. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Breaking space news, the ...

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A team of researchers has discovered a field of tektites in Brazil, providing evidence of a powerful meteorite impact that occurred approximately 6 million years ago. This field contains natural ...

CHELYABINSK, February 15 (Itar-Tass) -Four schoolchildren have been injured by shattered window glass broken by a meteorite in a Chelyabinsk school. The children have cuts. They are under the care of ...

Tektites are naturally occurring glasses that are produced when earthly matter is melted at extremely high temperatures resulting from meteor impacts and is propelled into the atmosphere before ...