Scientists have long sought to determine the age of the moon's South Pole–Aitken (SPA) basin, the largest and oldest known ...

A major breakthrough in space science has revealed the age of the Moon’s biggest and oldest crater—the South Pole–Aitken (SPA ...

BEIJING, 4 March (BelTA - China Daily) - A new study of the lunar samples collected by China's Chang'e 6 mission has verified the hypothesis that the moon was entirely covered by a molten "magma ...

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 ...

A lunar lander, called Chang'e 6, landed on the little-explored far side of the Moon in May 2024 and collected rock samples to bring back to Earth. Article continues below The findings from these ...

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 ...

In a paper published in National Science Review, a research team from the Chinese Academy of Sciences investigated impact ...

Based on research on lunar samples retrieved by the Chang'e-6 mission, a team of Chinese scientists confirmed that the oldest ...

The Chang'e-6 probe was launched from China on May 3, 2024. On June 25, 2024, its returner landed in North China, bringing back 1,935.3 grams of samples from the far side of the moon. [Xinhua ...