Samples of rock from the moon, brought to Earth by lunar meteorites and the Apollo moon landings ... This melting produced basalt, a kind of dark-colored rock commonly found at volcanoes on Earth ...

Whittington says the surface of Earth’s Moon is made up largely of plains known as the lunar “mare” (Latin for “seas”), which is made of basalt. On the far side ... stirred up by the impacts of micro ...

China has successfully launched six lunar probes so far. From Chang’E-1 to Chang’E-4, they completed the circling, landing and roving exploration, of which Chang’E-4 was the first landing on the far ...

The origin of most meteorites finally revealed Date: October 16, 2024 Source: CNRS Summary: An international team has successfully demonstrated that 70% of all known meteorite falls originate from ...

The absence of an atmosphere on the moon also means the bricks will be exposed to strong cosmic radiation and strikes from ...

In February last year Christie’s held an online-only auction called Deep Impact: Martian Lunar and Other Rare Meteorites. The auction “shattered records” totalling $4,351,750 (£3,227,801 ...

The lunar soil in the Chang'E-6 samples is mostly a mixture of local basalts and non-basaltic ejecta materials. The lunar surface is divided into three very distinct geochemical provinces based on ...

Mahesh Anand, a professor of planetary science and exploration at the UK’s Open University, told Agence France-Presse that water molecules could be seen “hopping over the lunar surface” when ...

Formation of Lunar Maria Lunar maria are vast, dark plains formed by ancient volcanic activity. Billions of years ago, the ...

See an astonishingly rare meteorite, which was recovered in the UK after landing ... loaned by the US government. By comparing lunar samples with samples of asteroids and comets, scientists have begun ...

Today, Nov. 12, 2024, the moon is 11 days old and is in the Waxing Gibbous phase of its lunar cycle. It is 83% illuminated. Moon phases reveal the passage of time in the night sky. Some nights ...