The lunar orange glass is a fascinating aspect of lunar geology, offering valuable insights into the Moon's history.

The Moon is certainly not a colorful world. Forget the crimson hue of Mars or the blue of Neptune. Our natural satellite is instead in grayscale, a magnificent desolation that only changes color in ...

When Apollo astronauts first set foot on the Moon, they expected to find the typical grey rocks and dust that had long been ...

When Apollo astronauts landed on the Moon, preparing to face a lifeless wasteland, they were taken aback to find the surface ...

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

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 mesmerizing, ...

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

Learn more about these shimmery, orange and black beads on the moon that researchers describe as “tiny, pristine” time ...

Scientists may be able to use tiny glass beads found on the lunar surface to uncover more details about the Moon's secret history.

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

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 ...

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 ...