Basalt samples returned by the Chang'e-6 mission have revealed volcanic events on the lunar farside at 2.8 billion years ago (Ga) and 4.2 Ga, according to research conducted by Prof. Li Qiuli's lab at ...

The moon may still be geologically active, judging from the way the lunar far side is wrinkling as the moon contracts. At ...

More than 3 billion years ago, when the Moon’s volcanic mare (the dark lunar “seas”) were formed, the Moon was rife with ...

Image shows Moon rock, known as high-Ti basalt, sample from Apollo 17 mission like those analysed in this study. Research sheds new light on Moon rock formation solving major puzzle in lunar ...

Chinese researchers also noted that in 2025, more lunar soil research projects are ... and his team selected the first batch of 108 basalt debris particles. Their goal was to obtain the age ...

“These local mare basalts document the volcanism history of the lunar far side, while the non-basaltic fragments may offer critical insights into the lunar highland crust, [South Pole-Aitken ...