Aitken Basin, according to the China National Space Administration (CNSA). Credit: Space.com | footage courtesy: China National Space Administration (CNSA) | edited by Steve Spaleta ...

New findings from China's Chang'e 6 lunar farside samples offer insights into the moon's volcanic past and mantle evolution.

The Vikram lander had touched down close to one of the oldest of these craters: the South Pole-Aitken Basin, which is also one of the largest impact craters in the Solar System. Lunar craters are ...

During their research, scientists confirmed the presence of the KREEP layer in the far side samples, suggesting that the magma ocean once spanned the entire moon. However, distinct evolutionary paths ...

A study by the China National Space Administration, published in the journal Science, analyzed lunar samples from the South Pole-Aitken Basin. The basalt samples, aged 2.823 billion years ...

The research team confirmed that the far side of the moon formed in a different manner by analyzing soil collected from the South Pole-Aitken basin by the Chang'e 6 lander. Chang'e 6 landing site./ ...

The first study on the Moon samples brought back by the Chinese Chang'e-6 mission show that the Moon's far side was just as molten as the near one eons ago.

The research further highlights that large-scale impact events, particularly the collision that formed the South Pole-Aitken Basin, might have altered the physical and chemical properties of the ...

Its largest crater, the South Pole-Aitken basin, is more than 1,500 miles in diameter. If the asteroid becomes the latest to hit the moon, we should be quite safe – certainly safer than if it ...

Scientists know that the far side is even more pockmarked than the side that faces us, and that one of the solar system's largest and oldest impact features—the South Pole-Aitken basin—exists ...

successfully retrieving 1,935.3 grams of lunar materials from the Apollo Basin within the South Pole-Aitken (SPA) Basin. The research team from the Institute of Geology, Chinese Academy of ...