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

A team of geologists at the Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences, the Institute of Space Sciences and the Shandong ...

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A Chinese study found that the Moon was wholly covered by a molten “magma ocean” in the early phases of its formation ... with the lunar magma ocean model, which suggests that the early ...

New research from scientists with the Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences and published in the journal Science found that sample analysis backs up an established model of the moon as a global ...

China’s Chang’e 6 mission uncovers evidence of a molten lunar magma ocean and a violent ancient impact.

Izidoro said although it would be rare, rocky planets in the habitable zone could form through late-stage giant impacts, similar to how Earth and its moon formed. "We can push our model further ...

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Chinese scientists, using lunar soil samples brought back by Chang'e-6, have determined that the Moon's oldest and largest impact crater, the South Pole-Aitken (SPA) Basin, was formed 4.25 billion ...

A new study by Rice University researchers Sho Shibata and Andre Izidoro presents a compelling new model for the formation of super-Earths and mini-Neptunes — planets that are 1 to 4 times the size of ...