contrasting with the relatively flat expanses visible on the near side. While past U.S. and Soviet missions have collected samples from the moon’s near side, the Chinese mission was the first ...

Finding water on the moon would be nothing new, however. Last year, Chinese scientists found water in soil samples from the Chang’e-5 lunar probe, while NASA and Indian spacecraft have ...

Chinese scientists have found direct evidence that the moon’s magnetic field persisted well into its midlife, long after it was thought to have disappeared. Researchers analysing tiny rocks ...