Mushroom-shaped crystal growth pattern in Chang'e-5 lunar samples Photo: Courtesy of Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, ...

For decades, scientists have debated the Moon's volcanic history. While extensive evidence of ancient eruptions exists, determining how long this volcanism persisted has remained elusive. New findings ...

In their study published in the journal Science Advances, they analyzed rock samples returned by China's Chang'e-5 lunar exploration mission. Benjamin Weiss at MIT has published a Focus piece in ...

The Chang’e 5 lunar mission returned to Earth early Thursday morning with the first moon samples in 44 years, making China the third country to have achieved this, state media announced.

Engineering technology is an important engine driving the development of human society. At present, the global round of scientific and technological ...

Researchers analysing tiny rocks returned by China’s Chang’e-5 mission discovered that the moon’s magnetic field measured two to four microteslas around two billion years ago – less than 1 ...

Zhang said the flag-fluttering solution is based on arranging closed loop wires on the surface of the flag with access to two ...

BEIJING -- A new analysis of samples collected by China's Chang'e 5 mission has revealed that the moon possessed a weak yet still running dynamo magnetic field approximately 2 billion years ago.

The flag will fly aboard the Chang’e 7 mission, which is expected to head to the moon’s south pole next year in search of ...

Extractable water near the south pole of our closest celestial neighbor promises a new spark for future space explorers.

During the US Apollo program, six crewed missions landed on the Moon starting with Apollo 11 in 1969, leaving a like number of flags. Now, China recently announced that one more flag will join the ...