The moon was volcanically active for longer than we thought, analysis of lunar rocks suggests
by Donna Lu from Science | The Guardian on (#5QFEE)
Material retrieved by China's Chang'e-5 spacecraft sheds new light on the moon at a time when it was thought to be cooling down
Analysis of the youngest lunar material ever retrieved suggests that the moon was volcanically active for longer than previously expected.
China's Chang'e-5 spacecraft retrieved 1.7kg of lunar material when it landed on the moon in December 2020 - the first sample return mission in four decades.
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