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 ...

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 ...

The lunar soil samples brought from the near side ... the research team analyzed the ratio of uranium to lead in the basalt. The samples from the far side contained a higher proportion of uranium ...