Chang'e-6 samples suggest 4.25-billion-year-old impact formed moon's South Pole–Aitken basin

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Chang'e-6 samples suggest 4.25-billion-year-old impact formed moon's South Pole–Aitken basin

Scientists have long sought to determine the age of the moon's South Pole–Aitken (SPA) basin, the largest and oldest known impact crater on the lunar surface. Recently, a research team led by Prof. Chen Yi from the Institute of Geology and Geophysics at the Chinese Academy of Sciences has dated the formation of the basin to 4.25 billion years ago by analyzing the first-ever rock samples returned from the SPA basin by China's Chang'e-6 mission.

Astronomers, after analyzing samples from the Chang'e-6 probe, have discovered that a meteorite impact 4.25 billion years ago may have created the South Pole–Aitken Basin on the Moon. The article The lunar South Pole–Aitken Basin was formed over 4 billion years ago comes from the website Wszystko co końca.

South Pole Aitken Basin impact dated to early Moon history by Chang'e 6 samples

Sydney, Australia (SPX) Mar 25, 2025 Scientists have precisely determined the age of the Moon's largest and most ancient impact crater, the South Pole-Aitken (SPA) basin, using rock samples retrieved by China's Chang'e-6 lunar mission. A research team led by Prof. CHEN YI at the Institute of Geology and Geophysics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences analyzed the first samples ever collected from the SPA region and established that t

Chang'e-6 Mission Reveals Moon's South Pole-Aitken Basin Formed 4.25 Billion Years Ago

Chang'e-6 samples reveal two lunar impact events at 4.25 and 3.87 billion years ago, with the older dating the South Pole-Aitken Basin's formation and shedding light on the Solar System's early history.

The Moon's Oldest Basin Formed around 4.25 Billion Years Ago: Chinese Scientists

The Moon's Oldest Basin Formed around 4.25 Billion Years Ago: Chinese ScientistsChinese scientists have determined the formation time of the oldest basin on the Moon by examining the lunar soil samples collected by Chang'e-6 on the Moon's far side. Chang'e 6 was the sixth robotic lunar exploration mission by the China National Space Administration (CNSA) and the second CNSA lunar sample-return mission. Like its predecessors in the Chinese Lunar …