There’s a sudden sound like shattering glass and ... the footage of the impact. Kelly’s father, who lived nearby, encouraged her to report the rock to the U of A’s Meteorite Reporting ...

The glass beads, also known as impact glasses or microtektites, can form on the moon when meteorites smash into the moon at high speeds, blasting chunks of lunar crust above the moon's surface.

These beads can scatter widely across the lunar surface due to subsequent meteorite ... volcanic glasses from impact glasses. The process of distinguishing between these glass types has been ...

The threat from space rock 2024 YR4 has surpassed that of Apophis, an asteroid feared by scientists 20 years ago. The danger remains low, but experts are estimating the damage that could be done.

The video shows the moment it made impact with ... The frequency of meteorites making it to the Earth's surface depends on their size, according to the University of Arizona's Lunar and Planetary ...

A sharp crash that sounds like glass shattering or ice cracking has ... he noticed the chalky mark of what we now know to be a meteorite impact on his front walkway. "The shocking thing for ...

Water was embedded in tiny glass beads in the lunar dirt where meteorite impacts occur ... Since there are billions if not trillions of these impact beads, that could amount to substantial ...

See an astonishingly rare meteorite, which was recovered in the UK after ... Sometimes the only remaining evidence of a past impact is the presence of impact glass and tektites, which are objects of ...