Asteroid impacts might have created some of Mars’ sand
The finding reveals how asteroid impacts shape the planet long after they happen
![Glassy debris creates the bluish tinge and radiating black stripes around an impact crater on Mars](https://i0.wp.com/www.sciencenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/080322_KK_mars-sand_feat.jpg?fit=1030%2C580&ssl=1)
Glassy debris on Mars produced by asteroid impacts (one pictured) is a major component of sand on the Red Planet, a new study suggests.
JPL-Caltech/NASA, University of Arizona