Chinese researchers analyzed the first-ever soil samples returned from the far side of the moon, but further samples will be ...

The types of minerals and glass found in lunar soil depend on many factors ... After determining variability in realistic samples, the researchers will probe how the composition of dirt can affect the ...

They discovered that the composition of lunar soil, also known as regolith ... Plagioclase is an aluminum-bearing mineral, while ferrous oxide is an iron compound. "Grain size differences might ...

BEIJING, September 9. /TASS/. Chinese scientists came across a previously unknown mineral in lunar soil samples, brought to the Earth by the Chang’e-5 spacecraft, China’s Central Television ...

BEIJING--Chinese scientists have discovered a “brand-new method” of producing large quantities of water using lunar soil ... that the minerals in this ‘moon soil’ contain large amounts ...

Lunar surface characteristics—mineral composition, geology, and environment—are vital for lunar science. Spectral imagers ...