A new study of the lunar samples collected by China's Chang'e 6 mission has verified the hypothesis that the moon was ...

During their research, scientists confirmed the presence of the KREEP layer in the far side samples, suggesting that the magma ocean once spanned the entire moon. However, distinct evolutionary paths ...

A new study of the lunar samples collected by China's Chang'e-6 mission has verified the hypothesis that the Moon was ...

The remaining melt, enriched with incompatible elements, formed the KREEP layer, with the name derived from the initials of the key components, namely potassium (K), rare earth elements (REE ...

Residual melt enriched in incompatible elements, known as the KREEP layer, formed between the crust and mantle. During their research, scientists confirmed the presence of the KREEP layer in the ...

Scientists have long theorized that the Moon was once covered by a vast ocean of molten rock. Now, new research based on samples from the far side of the Moon provides the strongest evidence yet that ...

A key finding is the presence of KREEP, a mineral-rich layer in lunar rocks that formed as the Moon’s molten magma ocean cooled. By measuring the radioactive decay of lutetium into hafnium ...

The lunar norite meteorite Arguin 002 likely formed through plutonic magmatism originating from low-degree partial melting of a deep, KREEP-free mantle source, according to mineralogical and ...