“Tektites,” announced the cashier, handing over a photocopied paper that indicated they formed in a mysterious meteorite strike—Earth’s last major impact, in fact, a catastrophic collision ...

Scientists believe tektites formed from Earth material that melted upon meteorite impact and were thrown into our atmosphere, before falling back to the ground. “Their existence means that the ...

571, on the origin of tektites, the strongest argument against his suggestion that they were formed by the fusion of terrestrial material in meteorite craters is that no tektite has yet been ...

Rolfe Erickson carries the black, pebble-sized object everywhere. At any time, he will pull it out of his pocket and reel off what he believes to be its 2.7 million-year history. No one is safe ...

Researchers were led to the impact site by a set of small black glassy objects called tektites, which scientists believe were formed from Earth material that melted from the meteorite’s impact.

The impact of the 1.2 mile-wide meteorite flung debris across 10% of the planet's surface. Scientists have found this ancient debris, mostly in the form of glass blobs known as tektites ...

Analyses of tektites found in Thailand and other geologic evidence as well as computer simulations suggest a probable source. A 2-kilometer-wide meteorite struck Laos about 800,000 years ago and ...

A large meteorite can launch bits of molten rock into the atmosphere when it impacts Earth. When that molten rock cools, it forms tektites, shown here. Photo by Robert Eastman / Alamy Stock Photo ...

Many scientists believe that the tektites, which are found in several areas around the world, were formed when meteorites or comets collided with the earth. The en- counters were so catastrophic ...

But one major meteorite impact that occurred roughly 800,000 years ago has long baffled researchers. They know it happened because millions of blobs of glass known as tektites were launched over 1 ...

J. Spencer that tektites have been formed by the fusion of terrestrial rocks by the fall of very large meteorites has given rise to an interesting discussion, but, being unexpectedly novel ...