A study by Chinese scientists conducted paleomagnetic analyses on basalts returned by the Chang'e-6 mission and revealed a significant reinforcement of the lunar dynamo approximately 2.8 billion ...

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 ...

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

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

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 ...

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

Researchers weigh the Chang'e-6 lunar samples during a returner opening ceremony at the China Academy of Space Technology ...

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 ...

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 ...