Chang'e-6 delivers first Lunar samples drawing great interests across disciplines

The return of China's Chang'e-6 lunar probe earlier Tuesday with fresh samples taken from the far side of the moon has rekindled interests from scientists engaged in research in multiple disciplines, as many of their peers have conducted research using samples taken back from the near side of the moon by the previous lunar probe -- the Chang'e-5.

The Chang'e 6 probe landed at a site in north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region earlier Tuesday with a precious load of rock and soil samples from the little-explored far side of the moon in a global first.

Chinese scientists anticipate the returned samples will include 2.5 million-year-old volcanic rock and other material that scientists hope will answer questions about geographic differences on the moon's two sides.

The near side of the moon is what is seen from the Earth, and the far side faces outer space. The far side is also known to have mountains and impact craters, contrasting with the relatively flat expanses visible on the near side.

Less than four years ago, the Chang’e 5 mission brought back home 1.731 kilograms of lunar samples from the moon's near side, a better known part of the earth's satellite.

Those samples rocked the science world nonetheless.

From the Chang'e 5 samples, there emerged the youngest lunar basalt samples ever obtained by humans, a new lunar mineral named the Chang'e site, deeper insights into the moon's evolution, and significant traces of water found particularly in the moon's mid-to-high and mid-to-low altitudes, as indicated by scientists.

As of earlier this month, the Chang'e-5 lunar soil samples had been distributed to 114 scientific research teams, totaling 258 packs of samples that together weigh 77.7 grams.

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