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

Tiny, orange glass beads discovered on the moon during the Apollo era may reveal an untold history of lunar volcanism.

Tiny glass beads formed in the fires of explosive volcanic eruptions on the moon, and brought back to Earth by Apollo 17, reveal their secrets.

A discovery of lunar glass beads continues to captivate scientists, shedding new light on the Moon’s volcanic history. These tiny specks, no larger than a millimeter, were formed during volcanic ...

You might see the Moon as a grey, lifeless orb that orbits our planet each day. However, many researchers believe that the Moon is more … The post Tiny glass beads could reveal the Moon’s ...

The moon’s shiny glass beads, less than 1 mm across, formed 3.3–3.6 billion years ago during explosive volcanic eruptions.

"The tiny glass beads offer us a glimpse of the moon's hidden interior." China recently opened access to its Chang'e-5 lunar samples, which are the first to be brought to Earth since the Soviet ...

“These high-magnesium glass beads may have formed when an asteroid smashed into rocks that originated from the mantle deep within the Moon,” Professor Nemchin said.

The evidence: three tiny glass beads plucked from the surface of the moon and brought to Earth in 2020 by a Chinese spacecraft. Their chemical makeup indicates that there were active lunar ...

Many believe that the Moon’s secret history is tied to that volcanic activity and that these beads, which the Apollo astronauts brought back when they returned home, formed between 3.3 and 3.6 ...

NEW YORK – Volcanoes were still erupting on the moon when dinosaurs roamed Earth, new research suggests. The evidence: three tiny glass beads plucked from the surface of the moon and brought to ...