A collaborative study by US and Chinese researchers has revealed evidence of volcanic activity on the Moon’s far side ...

China's lunar probe, Chang’e 6, returned to Earth back in June 2024 bringing rock & soil samples from the far side of the moon.

Chang’e-6 samples reveal two types of basalts, refining lunar volcanic timelines and showing young magmatism on the Moon’s far side.

while China's Chang'e 6 became the first to retrieve far-side samples in June 2024. Both achievements are part of an ongoing mission to untangle the mysteries of the moon and its origins, far side and ...

New findings from basalt samples retrieved by China's Chang'e-6 mission reveal that volcanic activity on the Moon's farside dates back between 4.2 and 2.8 billion years. This research provides key ...

Scientists analyzed the first and only rock samples from the region, which were brought back to Earth as part of a recent ...

Scientists release first analyses of samples from China’s Chang’e-6 mission, which landed on the lunar far side.

The findings mark the first physical evidence of an active volcanic history on the Moon's far side, a region that had ...

China's Chang'e-5 mission returned with rock samples from the far side of the Moon. The study of these rocks provided new ...

A study confirms volcanic eruptions on the Moon’s far side, dating back billions of years, based on lunar soil samples.

The study published on Science, conducted by a team led by Xu Yigang, an academician of the CAS and a researcher at the ...