# Chinese Spacecraft Reveals Moon's Volcanic Past Spanning 1.4 Billion Years! 🌑

**URL:** <https://onehack.st/t/chinese-spacecraft-reveals-moons-volcanic-past-spanning-1-4-billion-years/295834>\
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**Created:** [November 16, 2024, 7:25pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/chinese-spacecraft-reveals-moons-volcanic-past-spanning-1-4-billion-years/295834 "2024-11-16T19:25:29Z")\
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**Post date:** [November 16, 2024, 7:25pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/chinese-spacecraft-reveals-moons-volcanic-past-spanning-1-4-billion-years/295834/1 "2024-11-16T19:25:30Z")

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**Summary:**

1. **Chang’e-6 Mission’s Historic Samples**  
China’s **Chang’e-6 mission** brought back the first-ever samples from the moon’s **far side** , revealing evidence of **ancient volcanic activity**.

2. **Ancient Volcanic Activity**  
The retrieved **basalt** samples, dating back **4.2 billion** and **2.8 billion years** , indicate a long period of volcanic activity spanning **1.4 billion years** on the moon.

3. **Moon’s Early Volcanic History**  
The study suggests that the moon was more **geologically active** during its early history, with volcanic eruptions occurring throughout the moon’s first half.

4. **New Findings on Composition**  
The samples show that volcanic rocks from the **far side** differ in composition from those found on the **near side** , indicating separate magma sources.

5. **Volcanism on the Near Side**  
Lunar samples from previous missions, like **Chang’e-5** , show that the **near side** also experienced volcanic activity until about **120 million years ago**.

**Read more at:** [Yahoo News](https://www.yahoo.com/news/samples-obtained-chinese-spacecraft-show-150509761.html)