November 21, 20242 min readSamples from the far side of the moon gathered by China’s Chang’e-6 mission record eons of tumultuous lunar historyBy Davide Castelvecchi & Nature magazineResearchers retrieve lunar samples from the Chang’e-6 return capsule. Xinhua/Jin Liwang/Alamy Stock PhotoResearchers have had their first-ever look at samples brought back from the Moon’s far side — and the rocks detail a history of volcanic activity that spans billions of years.The results are the first scientific analyses of samples retrieved by the Chinese mission Chang’e-6, which scooped up nearly two kilograms of…
