Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific advances and more. The historic Chandrayaan-3 mission, which made India the fourth country to land on the Moon a year ago, has unearthed new evidence supporting a theory about the early Moon’s history. The mission deployed a small… Read More »
WENCHANG SPACE LAUNCH SITE, China — China launched an uncrewed lunar spacecraft on Friday in a first-of-its-kind mission to return samples from the far side of the moon, the latest step in a rapidly advancing Chinese space program that is spurring competition with the United States and others. Chang’e 6 lifted off on time at… Read More »
New research has revealed that the lunar surface was rich in water approximately 4 billion years ago. The research could be an important step toward better understanding the evolution of the moon and could also help inform future lunar missions, including NASA’s Artemis 3, which aims to return humans to the lunar surface before 2026… Read More »
NASA has given the green light to space agency-funded researchers to apply for access to lunar samples sent to Earth via China’s Chang’e-5 lunar mission. In December 2020, China’s Chang’e-5 lunar mission launched 3.8 pounds (1,731 grams) of lunar rocks and soil to Earth from the Oceanus Procellarum exploration site on the near side of… Read More »