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

Over half a century ago, Apollo astronauts encountered something surprising littering the desolate surface of the Moon: tiny ...

The Apollo astronauts didn't know what they'd find when they explored the surface of the moon, but they certainly didn't ...

When Apollo astronauts stumbled across shimmering orange beads on the moon, they had no idea they were gazing at ancient ...

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.

The Moon is certainly not a colorful world. Forget the crimson hue of Mars or the blue of Neptune. Our natural satellite is ...

While it might look grey from afar, the Moon is actually home to thousands (maybe even millions) of tiny glass beads ... are using modern techniques to look deeper into the beads.

making it a challenge for scientists to match glass droplets with their specific crater of origin. One particularly compelling theory links the bead's origin to the nearby Imbrium Basin ...