The search for water on the Moon has captivated scientists for decades. Beyond its implications for understanding planetary ...

Mushroom-shaped crystal growth pattern in Chang'e-5 lunar samples Photo: Courtesy of Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, ...

The rock fragments are mainly basalt, breccia, and agglutinates. The primary constituent minerals of the soils are plagioclase, pyroxene, and ilmenite, with very low olivine abundance. The lunar ...

First author Mélanie Barboni holding a piece of lunar breccia prior to crushing and zircon extraction. This material relates to a paper that appeared in the Jan. 11, 2017, issue of Science ...

To explore the mechanisms behind the phenomena, the research team conducted micro-nanoscale mineralogical research on the lunar breccia from the Chang'e-5 mission, using advanced electron ...