Prior moon rock samples, including from Apollo, seem heavily influenced by one impact. The farside samples tweak the story.

Scientist-astronaut Harrison H. Schmitt collecting samples on the Moon on 11 December 1972. (NASA) When Apollo 11 touched ...

The moon has been bathed in solar wind for billions of years, but the two hemispheres are struck by solar wind of different ...

The Moon’s two hemispheres have spent billions of years facing very different surroundings. Its far side looks away from ...

A team of Chinese scientists has studied the first lunar farside samples brought back by the Chang'e-6 mission. The findings mark a significant milestone in lunar exploration science and technical ...

Samples collected from the surface of the moon by the crew of Apollo 16 more than 50 years ago have helped scientists reconstruct billions of years of lunar history. The research team's findings, ...

On June 25, 2024, China’s Chang’e 6 mission came to an end when a reentry capsule touched down in the Siziwang Banner Province in Mongolia. The capsule contained truly precious cargo: just under 2 ...

A Chinese team of scientists has undertaken a study of lunar samples retrieved by the Chang'E-6 mission. These are the first samples studied from the farside of the Moon. They mark a significant ...

Use left and right arrow keys to seek audio. A team of researchers analyzing lunar samples acquired during the Apollo missions has discovered a key ingredient that may lead to an altering of the ...

A constant rain of tiny meteorites kicks up dust on the moon and helps generate the thin layer of atoms that form its exosphere. The moon doesn't have an atmosphere like the one that shields Earth ...

The Moon’s largest sea may have been even stormier than its name implies, according to the first new lunar samples since the then-Soviet Union’s Luna mission in 1976. In December 2020, China’s Chang’E ...