A team of geologists at the Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences, the Institute of Space Sciences and the Shandong ...

By analyzing basalt fragments retrieved from this region, the scientists discovered that these rocks share a similar composition to low-titanium basalts previously collected by NASA's Apollo ...

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

Scientists came to the conclusion that there was a large ocean of magma on the Moon at some point after they've found that, just like on the near side, the same composition of basalt, which is a ...

The basalt samples, aged 2.823 billion years, align with the lunar magma ocean model, which suggests that the early moon was covered by a global magma ocean, with minerals crystallizing to form ...

The primary age of the basalt in the study samples is 2.823 billion years, and the characteristics of the source region validate the lunar magma ocean model. The findings also suggest that the ...

If magma erupts on the surface as lava, it will form extrusive rock, e.g. basalt. These rocks are formed when magma solidifies. As the magma cools, mineral crystals will begin to grow. These ...

The analysis of mantle-derived rocks on increasingly smaller scales and advances in geodynamic modelling are providing new insights into the nature of mantle heterogeneity and magmatic processes.