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A first look at rocks from the lunar farside create a volcanic mystery


The far side of the moon once had erupting volcanoes too

Researchers analyzed lunar soil brought back by China's Chang'e-6, the first spacecraft to return with a haul of rocks and dirt from the little-explored far ...

China's Chang'e 6 probe to the moon's far side has a big lunar ...

By retrieving rare volcanic samples from the lunar far side, Chang'e-6 aims to provide answers as to why volcanism was so limited on just ...

Space News: Chang'e 6 brought rocks from the far side of the Moon ...

China achieved a historic feat by bringing back the first-ever sample from the lunar far side in June 2024. It's moon lander, Chang'e 6, ...

The Far Side of The Moon Is Significantly More Cratered. We May ...

... volcanic basalt that appear as dark patches when we look up at our satellite. The reason for this two-faced appearance has remained a mystery ...

The far side of the moon once had erupting volcanoes too | Toronto ...

Lunar soil was brought by China's Chang'e-6, the first spacecraft to return with a haul of rocks and dirt from the little-explored far side.

Lunar soil by China's Chang'e-6 reveals volcanic events on moon's ...

Moon's oldest crater on its far side was volcanically active around 2.8 billion years ago. Chang'e-6 lunar soils contain two types of mare ...

Moon - Wikipedia

From Earth about 59% of the lunar surface is visible over time due to cyclical shifts in perspective (libration), making parts of the far side of the Moon ...

Mystery moon domes found on far side - EarthSky

The composition of the lava, to make it done-shaped like this, is silicic. ... Bottom line: Domes of silica-rich volcanic rock have been found on ...

How Luna 3 first unveiled the Moon's farside - Astronomy Magazine

When Luna 3 ventured around the Moon in 1959, it sent back images that shattered our view of the hidden hemisphere.

Mysterious Radioactive Rock Discovered on the Far Side of the Moon

These elements are collectively known as KREEP, an acronym for potassium (K), rare earth elements (REE) and phosphorus (P). KREEP is associated with volcanic ...

Surface features of the Moon | Institute of Physics

Why does the Moon look like that? Most ancient religions worshipped a ... Maria are darker than the rest of the surface because the volcanic rock they ...

Researchers Detect “Hidden” Activity Beneath the Lunar Surface on ...

Researchers Detect “Hidden” Activity Beneath the Lunar Surface on the Far Side of the Moon ... rocks on the Moon have extrusive volcanic origins.

China's Chang'e-6 Mission Illuminates Moon's Volcanic Past

... moon's geological past by retrieving the first samples from its far side. This ... volcanic rocks from the far side. Previous studies from the ...

Scientists Have Found a Hot Spot on the Moon's Far Side - Slashdot

But this week the New York Times reports that "The rocks beneath an ancient volcano on the moon's far side remain surprisingly warm, scientists ...

Why is the far side of the Moon much different than the near side?

These early minerals became the building blocks for the lunar crust ... created more volcanic activity on the side we see. The opposite ...

Scientists map 1,000 feet of hidden 'structures' deep below the dark ...

An aerial view of a large brown crater on the moon's farside. The ... volcanic rock grew thinner the closer they were to the moon's surface.

Scientists eager for Chang'e-6 lunar farside samples to bring new ...

... far side of the Moon for the first time in human history. The landing ... Moon that can be revealed by volcanic and potentially intrusive igneous rocks.

Scientists Found Strange Radioactive Granite on the Moon

... far side of the Moon was formed through volcanic activity. Volcanic ... Related Story. low angle view of moon against sky at night The ESA Wants ...

Fresh look at Apollo Moon rocks reveals Solar System secrets - Nature

That's when Apollo 17 astronauts pounded it into the ground in the Moon's Taurus-Littrow Valley to collect rocks. It will be the first time in ...

How the moon turned itself inside out - ScienceDaily

Feb. 25, 2021 — Volcanic rock samples collected during NASA's Apollo missions bear the isotopic signature of key events in the early evolution ...