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Andrew Jones

What the 1st analysis of China's Chang'e 6 lunar far side samples revealed

Technicians remove the samples collected on the moon's far side from the return capsule of the Chang'e 6 lunar mission.

We finally have a glimpse of the first-ever samples collected from the far side of the moon.

The first paper on the samples collected from China's Chang'e 6 lunar probe reveals that the specimens differ in some ways from those collected from the moon's near side. Thus, they could provide fresh insights and lead to new theories about the moon and its evolution.

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