More information: Xiaochao Che et al, Isotopic and compositional constraints on the source of basalt collected from the lunar far side, Science (2025). DOI: 10.1126/science.adt3332 ...

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 ...

People visit the landmark exhibition to celebrate 20 years of lunar exploration at the National Museum of China in Beijing on ...

By analyzing basalt fragments retrieved from this region ... Hopping robot will hunt for moon water on China's Chang'e 7 lunar mission in 2026 At the same time, some of the material in the ...

the Chang'e-6 lander landed on the mare basalt area of the Apollo Basin within the SPA Basin. This area has experienced ...

China’s Chang’e 6 mission brought back the first-ever samples from the moon’s far side, offering unprecedented insights into lunar history. Analysis of basalt fragments suggests that the ...

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

A team of geologists at the Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences, the Institute of Space Sciences and the Shandong Institute of Geological Sciences, all in China, has found evidence in soil ...