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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.

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.

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.

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.

The Atacama Desert in Chile has been used as a way to simulate alien environments, like Mars on Earth.

The Atacama Desert in Chile has been used as a way to simulate alien environments, like Mars on Earth. Now, researchers believe it was the site of an ancient comet explosion intense enough to create giant slabs of silicate glass, according to a new study.

Heat from a comet exploding just above the ground fused the sandy soil into patches of glass stretching 75 kilometers, a study led by Brown University researchers found. PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Around 12,000 years ago, something scorched a vast swath...

The pieces of dark green or black glass, which came to scientists attention a decade ago, are clustered in a corridor stretching 50 miles across Chiles Atacama Desert, experts at Brown University said.

Around 12,000 years ago, something scorched a vast swath of the Atacama Desert in Chile with heat so intense that it turned the sandy soil into widespread

The Atacama Desert in Chile has been used as a way to simulate alien environments, like Mars on Earth. Now, researchers believe it was the site of an ancient comet