A Chinese mission discovers an unknown mineral on the Moon

2024-02-06 16:48:42

The Chang’e-5 probe, the first to capture lunar material in more than half a century, brought several surprises to Earth among the regolith remains in 2020, including a puzzling combination of silica minerals

A newly created crater in Oceanus Procellarum, in the northern hemisphere of the near side of the Moon NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University

06/02/2024

Updated at 8:21 p.m.

Scientists know that our Moon got its Gruyere cheese appearance from space bodies that collided with its surface, creating its famous craters. But these holes were not the only thing that these objects left with their impact: they created such pressures and…

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