- An ancient exploding comet may explain why glass litters part of Chile https://www.sciencenews.org/article/atacama-desert-comet-glass-airburst 28 comments space
- Scattered across a swath of the Atacama Desert in Chile lie twisted chunks of mysterious black and green glass. Now, analyses of space dust in the glass show that the glass probably formed when a comet, or its remnants, exploded over the desert 12,000 years. ago. https://www.sciencenews.org/article/atacama-desert-comet-glass-airburst 16 comments science
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- Widespread glasses generated by cometary fireballs during the late Pleistocene in the Atacama Desert, Chile | Geology | GeoScienceWorld https://pubs.geoscienceworld.org/gsa/geology/article/doi/10.1130/G49426.1/609354/Widespread-glasses-generated-by-cometary-fireballs 3 comments
- A key ingredient of life has been found in a newborn star system | Science News https://www.sciencenews.org/article/phosphorus-key-ingredient-life-found-newborn-star-system 0 comments
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