New findings from China's Chang'e 6 lunar farside samples offer insights into the moon's volcanic past and mantle evolution.

Scientists have long known that volcanoes shaped the near side of the Moon, visible from Earth. However, very little was ...

A team of geologists at the Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences, the Institute of Space Sciences and the Shandong ...

Basalt samples from China’s Chang’e-6 mission helped researchers for the first time to precisely measure the age of volcanic eruptions on the far side of the Moon. After analyzing the sample ...

China's Chang’e 6 returned the first samples from the moon’s far side, revealing volcanic secrets, impact history, and unique ...

The Chang'e-6 probe was launched from China on May 3, 2024. On June 25, 2024, its returner landed in North China, bringing ...

Chinese scientists, using lunar soil samples brought back by Chang'e-6, have determined that the Moon's oldest and largest impact crater, the South Pole-Aitken (SPA) Basin, was formed 4.25 billion ...

By analyzing basalt fragments retrieved from this region ... basalts previously collected by NASA's Apollo missions to the moon's near side. This connection helps to build a more complete picture ...

Their study has revealed that basaltic samples from the moon's far side share similar compositions with those from the near side, with the primary basalt formation age determined to be ...