Based on research on lunar samples retrieved by the Chang'e-6 mission, a team of Chinese scientists confirmed that the oldest and largest impact crater on the moon, the South Pole-Aitken basin, was ...

In a paper published in National Science Review, a research team from the Chinese Academy of Sciences investigated impact ...

The other method involves studies of lunar meteorite samples and Apollo samples from the moon's near side, which indicate that a global thermal event occurred around 4.35-4.33 billion years ago ...

They have determined an age of 4.5 billion years for the moon. As other analyses have recently come to a similar conclusion, the theory of a "young moon" could be on the brink of collapse.

Two valleys extending away from a giant crater suggest that upcoming Artemis missions are more likely to sample ancient lunar ...

Until now, it’s been very hard for scientists to establish a detailed timeline of the early evolution of bacteria.

A major breakthrough in space science has revealed the age of the Moon’s biggest and oldest crater—the South Pole–Aitken (SPA ...

The SPA basin, a vast impact structure spanning the moon's far side ... of two distinct impact events, dated to 4.25 and 3.87 billion years ago. The older norites, dated to 4.25 billion years ...

a team of Chinese scientists confirmed that the oldest and largest impact crater on the moon, the South Pole-Aitken (SPA) basin, was formed 4.25 billion years ago, providing critical insights into ...

a team of Chinese scientists confirmed that the oldest and largest impact crater on the moon, the South Pole-Aitken (SPA) basin, was formed 4.25 billion years ago, providing critical insights into ...