Processes of radiometric dating were then undertaken, which proved that the beads were over 120 million years old, as Professor He describes: “Uranium-lead dating of the three volcanic glass beads shows that they formed 123 ± 15 million years ago,

NEW YORK — Volcanoes were erupting on the mysterious far side of the moon billions of years ago just like on the side that we can see, new research confirms. Researchers analyzed lunar soil brought back by China's Chang'e-6 , the first spacecraft to return with a haul of rocks and dirt from the little-explored far side .

This discovery provides further evidence that the Moon’s volcanic activity was not limited to the side we see from Earth. Researchers already knew that volcanoes were active on the near side of the Moon during a similar period, but these new findings ...

The US and Chinese researchers have recently made a shocking revelation about the Moon’s mysterious far side.The study published in the Nature and Science journals revealed that volcanoes erupted on the Moon’s

While volcanic activity on the near side of the moon has been well-documented, the far side, often called the 'dark side,' remains less understood.

According to recent study, billions of years ago, volcanoes were erupting on the moon's enigmatic far side, just like on the visible side.

After analyzing the sample brought by Chang'e-6, researchers found that the moon’s oldest and deepest crater on its far side was volcanically active around 2.8 billion years ago.

To obtain a sample from this area is really important because it’s an area that otherwise we have no data for.'

The Moon was volcanically active for a long time, but if we look at its mysterious far side, we now know exactly how long that was the case. Thanks to samples collected by the Chinese Chang’e-6 probe,