Volcanoes were erupting on the mysterious far side of the moon billions of years ago just like on the side that we can see, ...

Lunar soil samples from the Moon’s far side reveal volcanic eruptions 2.8 billion years ago, reshaping our understanding of ...

They were brought back to Earth by a Chinese spacecraft in 2020. Their chemical makeup indicates that until about 120 million years ago, there were active lunar volcanoes, which is much more recent ...

New findings from basalt samples retrieved by China's Chang'e-6 mission reveal that volcanic activity on the Moon's farside dates back between 4.2 and 2.8 billion years. This research provides key ...

WHILE we have, on the lunar surface, a series of markings so evidently volcanic that no one thinks of applying any other term to them, we have on the other hand no explanation of their mode of ...

Scientists know there were active volcanoes on the near side, the part of the moon seen from Earth, dating back to a similar time frame. Previous studies, including data from NASA's Lunar ...

That material is now providing new insight into the moon’s geological history, including the oldest evidence to date of lunar volcanism. Researchers said on Friday the soil brought back from the ...