Furthermore, the findings bolster the theory that the moon formed when a giant, Mars -size protoplanet slammed into the young ...

Chinese scientists have discovered that the moon's mantle contains less water on the lunar farside than on the nearside, ...

Chinese scientists analyzing samples from the Moon’s farside have uncovered that its mantle holds significantly less water ...

However, the SPA basin is an exception: as a giant impact basin, its floor is flooded by now-solid lava that welled up through the wound in the moon's surface from the mantle below, like blood ...

Chinese scientists have discovered that the Moon's mantle contains less water on the lunar farside than on the nearside, ...

Chinese scientists have discovered that the Moon's mantle contains less water on the lunar farside than on the nearside, ...

This geochemical behavior suggests that the mantle beneath the SPA Basin, on the lunar farside, may contain a lower abundance of water. To confirm this hypothesis, the research team focused on ...