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Ultra-Depleted Mantle Source of Basalts From the South Pole–Aitken Basin

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Lunar mare basalts illuminate the nature of the Moon’s mantle, the lunar compositional asymmetry and the early lunar magma ocean (LMO)1–3. However, the characteristics of the mantle beneath the vast South Pole–Aitken (SPA) basin on the lunar farside remain a mystery. Here we present the petrology and geochemistry of basalt fragments from Chang’e-6 (CE6), the first returned lunar farside samples from the SPA basin4–7. These 2.8-billion-year-old C…

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Researchers identify that the visible face of the satellite responds differently to Earth's gravity, suggesting an unequal internal composition and challenging previous models about its origin

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The images recovered by China's Chang'e-6 mission serve to address some of the discrepancies with the visible surface and the larger impact the satellite suffered, which left a basin 2,500 kilometers in diameter.

The Chinese Chang'e-6 mission brought to Earth samples of the hidden face of the Moon, which have served to give answers to some differences with the visible face and to the greatest impact the satellite suffered, which left a basin of 2,500 kilometers in diameter.

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Nature broke the news in United Kingdom on Wednesday, July 9, 2025.
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