Analysis of moon samples collected and returned to Earth by China's Chang'e 5 mission shows "at least one hydrous mineral, hydroxyapatite, proving the existence of "water" from the magmatic ...

Precious moon samples brought back to Earth by China's Chang'e 5 mission in 2020 have finally been shared with international researchers — but the law has made it difficult for U.S.-based scientists ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. BANGKOK (AP) — China’s Chang’e 6 probe ...

A colossal ancient impact may have reshaped the Moon far more deeply than scientists once realized. By analyzing rare lunar rocks brought back by China’s Chang’e-6 mission from the Moon’s largest ...

It's been more than a year now since a Chinese mission to the Moon called Chang'e-6 made its way back to Earth, bringing with it 1,935.3 grams (some 4.3 pounds) of lunar far-side samples. Thanks to ...

Soil and rocks returned from the moon’s mysterious far side suggest it may be drier than the side constantly facing Earth, Chinese scientists reported Wednesday. But they cautioned more samples are ...

Nearly five years ago, China put a spacecraft on the Moon that scooped up bits of lunar soil and brought them back to Earth. Now, tiny portions of that regolith are being distributed to research ...

However, recent research on soil samples from the Chang'e 6 mission challenges this long-held assumption, suggesting that ...

It's called the South Pole-Aitken (SPA) Basin, and it is, as far as we know, the largest, deepest and oldest impact crater on the far side of the Moon. The place was born some 4, 4.3 billion years ago ...