China's Chang’e-6 mission has delivered the first-ever samples from the Moon’s far side, shedding light on one of planetary ...

China’s Chang’e-6 mission has made lunar history by retrieving the first-ever samples from the Moon’s mysterious farside, ...

A series of recent findings from the Chang’e-6 mission have significantly advanced our understanding of the Moon’s far side, ...

Scientists expect the Chang'e 6 samples to deliver not only key geologic knowledge about the moon, but also improve their understanding of Earth and the solar system's early history.

The Chang'e-6 probe's return capsule, which contained lunar samples from the moon's far side, is shown on June 25 after landing in China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region.

For decades, scientists have wondered why the moon’s two sides are so different. The side we see from Earth, known as the ...

A series of research findings by Chinese scientists on the samples collected by the Chang'e-6 mission from the moon's far ...

The Chang’e 6 farside sample-return mission was launched by a Long March 5 rocket on May 3, 2024, from China’s Wenchang Space Launch Site on the island of Hainan.

Meanwhile, researchers across Nasa and American government departments may be locked out from Chinese findings due to US ...

Chang'e 6 returned samples to Earth on June 25, 2024. Lunar scientists like myself have been fascinated with the far side of the Moon since the Soviet Union’s Luna 3 mission in 1959, which revealed ...

The Moon's near and far sides exhibit striking asymmetry—from topography and crustal thickness to volcanic activity—yet the origins of these ...

Scientists expect the Chang'e 6 samples to deliver not only key geologic knowledge about the moon, but also improve their understanding of Earth and the solar system's early history.