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

Tiny glass Moon beads could be hiding a reservoir of water that astronauts can tap into when we send them back to the Moon. According to a new paper published in Nature Geoscience, tiny silicate ...

The tiny glass orbs at the center of this new research came directly from the moon. They were brought to Earth via China’s Chang’e-5 moon mission, which returned samples to scientists ...

These glass beads, however, contain water that wasn't originally on the moon. Instead, the beads and the water within them were formed as a result of impacts from meteorites at immense speeds.

A glass bead retrieved by China's Chang'e-5 lunar mission is offering a glimpse into the moon's hidden interior and violent past. Skip to main content. Open menu Close menu.

Chang'e 5, China's first lunar sample-return mission, brought back a tiny amount of the moon's glass. NASA Johnson. Get the Popular Science daily newsletter ...

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

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 ...

Troublesome lunar dust could soon be transformed into solar cells to help power moon bases and humanity's push to explore further out into space.. This is the promise of an international team of ...

Marvelous moon glass If people are going to make miso soup on the moon, they’ll need a place to live. How those future dwellings will be powered remains an open question.