Basalt samples returned by the Chang'e-6 mission have revealed volcanic events on the lunar far side at 2.8 billion years ago (Ga) and 4.2 Ga, according to a latest research conducted by Professor ...

Examining old rocks with new technology reveals the source of the moon's atmosphere: Meteorites bombarding the lunar surface over billions of years have kicked up dust that forms the satellite's ...

Rocks returned by China’s Chang’e-6 mission suggest volcanic activity just 2.8 billion years ago but lack telltale heat-generating elements.

Chang'e-6 lunar soils contain two types of mare basalts Researchers claimed that volcanic eruptions would have flooded parts of the surface with lava, producing rocks known as mare basalts ...

Weighing in at just over two kilograms, a lunar meteorite at Christie's auction Shanghai preview is the world’s second largest. It was found in Mali, West Africa, 5 years ago, before being cut ...

Basalt samples returned by the Chang'e-6 mission have revealed volcanic events on the lunar farside at 2.8 billion years ago (Ga) and 4.2 Ga, according to research conducted by Prof. Li Qiuli's ...

The age of the basalt rock from the far side is surprisingly young compared with the previously studied lunar near-side samples, which were all more than 3 billion years old, said Clive Neal ...