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Mysterious Black Glass in Chilean Desert Caused by Exploding Comet Thousands of Years Ago

A large expanse of black rocky glass littering a Chilean desert remained a mystery for a decade, but Brown University experts already have proven that an exploding comet created it.

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Researchers Solve Mystery of Scattered Black Glass in Chilean Desert – it Was Made by an Exploding Comet

A vast swath of dark rocky glass in a Chilean desert was a mystery until researchers found it was an exploding comet that melted the sand below.

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Researchers find mysterious patches of glass scattered across Chile s Atacama desert

Scientists have found strange patches in the Atacama Desert in northern Chile, which is one of the driest places on Earth, with a high atmospheric temperature.

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Comet s intense heat turned sand to glass 12,000 years ago

Heat from a comet exploding just above the ground in what is now the Atacama Desert in Chile fused sandy soil into patches of glass around 12,000 yeas ago.

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Glass slabs in Chile s Atacama Desert come from comet explosion: Study

Glass slabs in Chile s Atacama Desert come from comet explosion: Study
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