Lunar Rocks

A recent study has suggested that the Moon may have inherited some noble gases, such as neon and helium, deep from the Earth's mantle. The discovery was made by analysing lunar meteorites found in Antarctica. Upon analysing the glass particles, the team found chemical fingerprints or isotopic signatures of the solar gases in them.

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has asked Boston-based RR Auction to stop the sale of moon dust collected during the 1969 Apollo 11 mission. It has also ordered the company to immediately return the samples to the space agency. The lunar dust was subsequently been fed to cockroaches during an experiment to determine if the ...

China's Chang'E-5 sent an on-site definitive signal on the confirmation of water in the basalt's rock and soil through an onboard spectral analysis in 2020. The findings of the research, confirmed through laboratory analysis, have been now published in Nature Communications.

A new research has suggested a very unlikely source for water on the lunar surface. It stated that the presence of water on the Earth's closest neighbour could be a result of volcanoes, which we now know occurred a number of times on the moon in the past.

The race for space exploration is heating up with major powers focussing on having a base on the Moon, to help operate beyond the International Space Station (ISS). As the US is realigning its strategy to return humanity to the Moon, China is not far behind. Its scientists have created an “artificial moon” on Earth to test technology and equipm...

China’s Chang’e 5 lunar lander has found first-ever on-site evidence of water on the surface of the moon.

The first lunar rocks brought back to Earth in decades show the Moon was volcanically active more recently than previously thought, Chinese scientists said Tuesday.

Lunar rocks retrieved by a historic Chinese mission to the Moon weighed less than initially targeted, but China is still willing to study the samples with foreign scientists, the mission's spokesman said.

Chang’e 5, the unmanned Chinese spacecraft carrying rocks and soil from the Moon, returned safely to Earth in the first mission in four decades to collect lunar samples, the Xinhua news agency said.

An unmanned Chinese spacecraft carrying rocks and soil from the Moon returned safely to Earth early Thursday in the first mission in four decades to collect lunar samples, the Xinhua news agency said.

Chinese ground crews are standing by for the return of a lunar probe bringing back the first fresh samples of rock and debris from the moon in more than 45 years.

A Chinese spacecraft carrying rocks and soil from the Moon has begun its journey back to Earth, putting China on course to become the first country to successfully retrieve lunar samples since the 1970s.

A Chinese spacecraft carrying rocks and soil from the moon has begun its journey back to Earth, the official Xinhua news agency reported on Sunday, putting China on course to become the first country to successfully retrieve lunar samples since the 1970s.

Chinese space probe Chang'e 5 has lifted off from the surface of the Moon to return to Earth in an ambitious effort to bring back the first lunar samples in four decades.

Chinese spacecraft Chang’e 5 landed on the moon to bring back lunar rocks to Earth for the first time since the 1970s.

A recent study has suggested that the Moon may have inherited some noble gases, such as neon and helium, deep from the Earth's mantle. The discovery was made by analysing lunar meteorites found in Antarctica. Upon analysing the glass particles, the team found chemical fingerprints or isotopic signatures of the solar gases in them.

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has asked Boston-based RR Auction to stop the sale of moon dust collected during the 1969 Apollo 11 mission. It has also ordered the company to immediately return the samples to the space agency. The lunar dust was subsequently been fed to cockroaches during an experiment to determine if the ...

China's Chang'E-5 sent an on-site definitive signal on the confirmation of water in the basalt's rock and soil through an onboard spectral analysis in 2020. The findings of the research, confirmed through laboratory analysis, have been now published in Nature Communications.

A new research has suggested a very unlikely source for water on the lunar surface. It stated that the presence of water on the Earth's closest neighbour could be a result of volcanoes, which we now know occurred a number of times on the moon in the past.

The race for space exploration is heating up with major powers focussing on having a base on the Moon, to help operate beyond the International Space Station (ISS). As the US is realigning its strategy to return humanity to the Moon, China is not far behind. Its scientists have created an “artificial moon” on Earth to test technology and equipm...

China’s Chang’e 5 lunar lander has found first-ever on-site evidence of water on the surface of the moon.

The first lunar rocks brought back to Earth in decades show the Moon was volcanically active more recently than previously thought, Chinese scientists said Tuesday.

Lunar rocks retrieved by a historic Chinese mission to the Moon weighed less than initially targeted, but China is still willing to study the samples with foreign scientists, the mission's spokesman said.

Chang’e 5, the unmanned Chinese spacecraft carrying rocks and soil from the Moon, returned safely to Earth in the first mission in four decades to collect lunar samples, the Xinhua news agency said.

An unmanned Chinese spacecraft carrying rocks and soil from the Moon returned safely to Earth early Thursday in the first mission in four decades to collect lunar samples, the Xinhua news agency said.

Chinese ground crews are standing by for the return of a lunar probe bringing back the first fresh samples of rock and debris from the moon in more than 45 years.

A Chinese spacecraft carrying rocks and soil from the Moon has begun its journey back to Earth, putting China on course to become the first country to successfully retrieve lunar samples since the 1970s.

A Chinese spacecraft carrying rocks and soil from the moon has begun its journey back to Earth, the official Xinhua news agency reported on Sunday, putting China on course to become the first country to successfully retrieve lunar samples since the 1970s.

Chinese space probe Chang'e 5 has lifted off from the surface of the Moon to return to Earth in an ambitious effort to bring back the first lunar samples in four decades.

Chinese spacecraft Chang’e 5 landed on the moon to bring back lunar rocks to Earth for the first time since the 1970s.