As such, it presented an opportunity to test predictions of the theory that the moon was covered in a global ocean of liquid rock—known as the lunar magma ocean (LMO) model. The authors ...

This photo taken and beamed back to Earth autonomously by a mini rover released from the lander-ascender combination of Chang'e 6 probe shows a view of the combination itself on the lunar surface ...

The findings confirm the established model that the Moon was covered by a global ocean of liquid magma during its early formation phase. The article was written with the assistance of a news ...

A researcher with the Institute of Geology, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences, prepares the lunar samples collected by the Chang'e-6 mission at the institute in Beijing, capital of China, on ...