To obtain a sample from this area is really important because it’s an area that otherwise we have no data for.'

creating massive craters in the moon’s surface. The groundbreaking findings came from 2kg of lunar rocks and soil collected by China’s Chang’e-6 mission—the first spacecraft in history to successfully land and launch from the far side, an area ...

Scientists know there were active volcanoes on the near side, the part of the moon seen from Earth, dating back to a similar time frame. Previous studies, including data from NASA

The Moon was volcanically active for a long time, but if we look at its mysterious far side, we now know exactly how long that was the case. Thanks to samples collected by the Chinese Chang’e-6 probe,