Why Some Deserts Turn Into “Glass”: The Science of Ancient Meteor Strikes
Published on: Feb. 21, 2026, 3:20 p.m. | Source: The Economic Times
Natural silica glass, found in Earth's driest regions, forms when intense heat from meteor impacts or atmospheric explosions rapidly melts and cools quartz-rich sand. These glassy fragments, like Libyan Desert Glass, preserve evidence of cosmic events and demonstrate how space interactions have shaped our planet's surface over millions of years.
