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

In a groundbreaking revelation, recent lunar samples brought back by China’s Chang’e 6 mission have confirmed a crucial piece ...

These findings validate the lunar magma ocean hypothesis, which states that the moon experienced global-scale melting shortly after its formation, creating a vast magma ocean. As the molten ...

China’s Chang’e 6 mission uncovers evidence of a molten lunar magma ocean and a violent ancient impact.

Chinese scientists just cracked a 2.8-billion-year-old lunar mystery:🔬 Key Finds → ️ Basalt with rare KREEP minerals supports magma ocean theory 🌋 ️ Far/near sides share chemistry but split paths ...

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

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

ISRO’s Chandrayaan-3 data has hinted that the Moon once had a ‘Magma Ocean’, according to a study published in Nature. A magma ocean is a large layer of molten rock mostly found in the early ...

26, 2025. (Xinhua/Yu Fei) BEIJING, Feb. 28 (Xinhua) -- 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 ...