The moon, Earth's nearest celestial neighbor, has fascinated humanity for centuries. Its presence in art, literature, and science has sparked curiosity and creativity. Although shrouded in mystery ...

BEIJING: China has announced that the Chang'e-4 mission, which realized the first-ever soft-landing on the far side of the moon, was a complete success. With the assistance of the relay satellite ...

The mission, from the trip to the Moon, the landing on the lunar surface ... Now preparations are in full swing to move on to the Chang’e-4 mission that is set to take place later this year.

Scientists have long sought to determine the age of the moon's South Pole–Aitken (SPA) basin, the largest and oldest known ...

After Chang'e-3 successfully landed on the moon, what was the backup Chang'e-4 to do? The answer was to go to the far side of the moon! Following numerous debates, Wu Weiren, the chief designer of ...

A major breakthrough in space science has revealed the age of the Moon’s biggest and oldest crater—the South Pole–Aitken (SPA ...

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

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

In a paper published in National Science Review, a research team from the Chinese Academy of Sciences investigated impact ...

The Chang'e-6 probe was launched from China on May 3, 2024. On June 25, 2024, its returner landed in North China, bringing ...

has analyzed the samples returned by the Chang'e-6 mission, and precisely dated SPA basin's formation to 4.25 billion years ago. The SPA basin, a colossal scar stretching across the moon's far ...