“Tektites are a particular kind of impact-produced glass, specified in specific by their incident within big scattered fields lying at fars away from their source crater,”stated Curtin University’s Professor Fred Jourdan and his associates.

“Only 5 various scattered fields are understood: the 4 ‘traditional’ ones understood for almost a century, from Central Europe (14 million years of ages), North America (35 million years of ages), Ivory Coast (1 million years of ages), and a big location spread from China to Australia (780,000 years of ages) and a more just recently found scattered field in Central America (800,000 years of ages).”

“The matching tektites are called moldavites, bediasites-georgiaites, ivorites, australasites, and belizites, respectively.”

The newly-discovered kind of tektite, called ananguite, have actually up until now been discovered specifically in a location primarily within South Australia.

“Finding a brand-new tektite field resembles opening a fresh chapter in Earth’s violent geological past,” Professor Jourdan stated.

“These glasses are distinct to Australia and have actually tape-recorded an ancient effect occasion we did not even understand about.”

“These small pieces resemble little time pills from deep in our world’s history.”

“What makes the discovery a lot more interesting is that, although the effect should have been enormous, researchers are yet to find the crater.”

“Understanding when and how typically big asteroids have actually struck Earth likewise assists us examine the danger of future effects, which is essential for planetary defense.”

Photo of 6 tektites studied by Musolino et alScale bars– 2 mm. Image credit: Musolino et aldoi: 10.1016/ j.epsl.2025.119600.