New research suggests that volcanoes were still erupting on the moon at the time dinosaurs were alive on Earth. The evidence comes from three tiny glass beads from the surface of the moon.

These shiny, multicolored glass beads were in samples returned from the moon by China in 2020. The beads range in size from the width of one hair to several hairs; the water content was just a ...

Researchers have concluded that glass beads excavated from the tomb of a king in Fukuoka Prefecture were likely brought to Japan through the ancient Silk Road trade route network. A group of ...