A new study highlights the volcanic Rimae Bode region as a scientifically promising destination for China's first crewed moon landing mission, which the nation wants to achieve by 2030.

The far side of the Moon has turned out to be far stranger than many planetary scientists expected, and the latest surprise is hiding in the dust under a Chinese rover’s wheels. Instead of behaving ...

Chinese scientists have discovered tiny carbon nanotubes with walls just one atom thick in Moon rock samples, marking the first time the material has been found in nature. Advanced carbon structures ...

Lunar samples serve as a critical link between orbital remote sensing and ground-truth measurements. Previous sample-return missions—Apollo, Luna, and Chang'e-5—have collectively brought back ...

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Findings add to a growing body of insights from China's historic Chang'e-6 mission to the lunar far side in 2024 Chinese scientists have used AI to determine the chemical make-up of the moon's far ...

The Moon may preserve a chemical record of Earth’s ancient atmosphere, and those same materials could one day support future lunar missions.