Glass beads spawned in violent impacts from space rocks on the lunar surface have been found to have water trapped inside, offering what scientists describe as a potential reservoir of this ...

Spherical, ellipsoidal, dumbbell-shaped glass beads are discovered in Chang'e-5 lunar soil samples. May 8, 2023. Photo: Courtesy of Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences.

More information: Chen-Long Ding et al, A potential mantle origin for precursor rocks of high-Mg impact glass beads in Chang'e-5 soil, Science Advances (2025). DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adv9019 Provided ...

They are glass beads called "highway safety marking spheres." These colorless, mostly transparent spheres reflect light from a car’s headlights back onto the driver. Highway safety marking spheres are ...

These glass beads, obtained by Chang’e-5 on the moon, may be no more than tens of micrometers in diameter. Beijing SHRIMP Center, Institute of Geology, CAGS.

They found that glass beads formed by impacts from space rocks can store water, suggesting that the moon and other “airless bodies” like asteroids might actually have more water on their ...

Tiny glass beads brought back by NASA's Apollo 17 astronauts are helping scientists uncover new clues about how the moon erupted billions of years ago. No one expected these glittering bits among ...

Trillions of pounds of water may be strewn across the moon, trapped in tiny glass beads that could have formed when asteroids struck the lunar surface, according to a new study.

China’s Chang’e 5 rover has found tiny glass beads containing water in an impact crater on the Moon. Samples collected from a 2020 mission found beads with water content as high as 2,000 parts ...

Glass beads were a key component of trade between Europeans and Indigenous Americans during early interactions between the two continents. One of the key actors in these networks was the Wendat ...

Tiny, orange glass beads discovered on the moon during the Apollo era may reveal an untold history of lunar volcanism. Comments ( 0 ) ( ) When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn ...