11-16-2024, 09:12 PM
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cgl454je0jgo Volcanoes were erupting on the mysterious far side of the moon billions of years ago, US and Chinese researchers have found.
Analysis of samples collected by a Chinese mission found basalt (volcanic rock formed after an eruption) fragments dating back more than 4.2 billion years.
The findings were published in the Nature, external and Science, external journals on Friday.
While scientists already knew of volcanic activity on the near side of the moon, which we can see from Earth, the "dark side" is very different in its geology, and remains largely unexplored.
The rock and dust samples - the first to be retrieved from the far side of the Moon - were collected by the Chang’e-6 spacecraft, following a nearly two-month long mission which was fraught with risks.
Well, since we already knew about volcanoes on the near side, it's not a massive surprise to find that they existed on the far side as well
. Still, I whether these differed from the ones on the near side at all?
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