Samples from the far side of the moon gathered by China’s Chang’e-6 mission record eons of tumultuous lunar history ...

In June 2024, China’s Chang’e 6 probe became the first spacecraft to land on the Moon’s far side, a region shrouded in mystery and untouched by earlier missions. The South Pole-Aitken Basin, the ...

China’s Chang’e-6 robotic spacecraft made history in June by retrieving the first surface samples from the far side of the ...

The moon has some new stories to share. Scientists have published two studies on the historic cache of lunar soil samples ...

while China's Chang'e 6 became the first to retrieve far-side samples in June 2024. Both achievements are part of an ongoing mission to untangle the mysteries of the moon and its origins, far side and ...

Microorganisms on a sample of asteroid are clearly terrestrial — despite strict protocols to avoid contamination.

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