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

The beads are believed to have formed from violent eruptions on the surface of the Moon that took place between 3.3 and 3.6 billion years ago. They would have arisen from the erupted lava being ...

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

When Apollo astronauts stumbled across shimmering orange beads on the moon, they had no idea they were gazing at ancient relics of violent volcanic activity. These glass spheres, tiny yet ...

When Apollo astronauts first set foot on the lunar surface, they expected to find grey rocks and dust. What they didn't anticipate was discovering something that looked almost magical: tiny, brilliant ...

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.

The Moon has small glass fragments discovered during the Apollo mission. These beads range in color from bright orange to yellow-green. Formed 3.3 to 3.6 billion years ago, they reveal the Moon's ...

The beads are believed to have formed from violent eruptions on the surface of the Moon that took place between 3.3 and 3.6 billion years ago. They would have arisen from the erupted lava being ...

As Ogliore explained, each glass bead tells its own story of the moon's past. The beads—some shiny orange, some glossy black—formed when lunar volcanoes shot material from the interior to the ...

Some of the beads are more orange in color, while others have a glossy black appearance. The fact that these beads even exist tells us more about the Moon’s secret history of volcanic eruption ...

Some of the impact glass beads are clear glass, some are not. They have different colors and could be black, green, and orange glass beads,” Hejiu Hui , study author and planetary geochemist at ...