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📣 New Podcast! "The Moon Is ALIVE: China’s Shocking Discovery That Rewrites Space History" on @Spreaker #astronomy #astrophysics #change6 #deepspace #futuretech #graphene #helium3 #isru #livingmoon #lunargeology #lunarwater #moonbase #moonmining #nasavscnsa #planetaryscience #sciencepodcast
TI POTREBBE INTERESSARE: Cina, scoperti nanotubi di carbonio in campioni lunari di Chang’e-6 ... LEGGI TUTTO #Cina #NanotubiDiCarbonio #RicercaScientifica #MissioneLunare #ChangE6
È ACCADUTO IERI: Cina, scoperti nanotubi di carbonio in campioni lunari di Chang’e-6 ... LEGGI TUTTO #Cina #NanotubiDiCarbonio #MissioniLunari #ChangE6 #RicercaScientifica
Chang’e‑6 keeps delivering: a surprising far‑side find that could refine what we know about ancient impacts—and how water (or water-bearing minerals) ended up across the inner Solar System. Curious to see how it stacks up against Apollo-era samples. #Moon #SpaceScience #ChangE6
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Sticky lunar soil found in #Change6 samples shows why the Moon’s far side is harder to explore. Fine grains, space weather, and unique regolith challenge future missions. #LunarScience #MoonExploration
in4u.org/lunar-minera... Groundbreaking! China’s Chang’e-6 mission uncovers lunar minerals haematite & maghemite—reshaping what we know about Moon oxidation. Science meets space history.
#LunarMinerals #Change6 #SpaceDiscovery #MoonOxidation
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Chang'e-6 brings back far side secrets and redefines the Moon's ancient story for science 🌕 Venture into the unknown and see what these samples reveal 🚀🔭 Watch now and ride along with the discovery:
https://youtu.be/5o0zr1fIlfk
#SpaceExploration #LunarScience #ChangE6 #Moon
Chang'e-6 Samples Indicate Water was Delivered to the Earth and Moon by Ancient Meteorites #Science #Space #PlanetaryScience #ChangE6 #WaterOnMoon #AncientMeteorites
China’s Chang’e 6 Mission Found Rare Meteorite Fragments on Moon #Science #Space #PlanetaryScience #ChangE6 #MoonExploration #Meteorites
Lunar Far Side Dust Uncovers Primitive Water-Rich Asteroid Fragments Chang’e-6 lunar dust analysis found CI-like carbonaceous chondrite fragments, indicating water-rich asteroids delivered more v...
#News #ChangE6 #CIChondrites #LunarSamples […]
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Вчені вперше підтвердили різницю між двома сторонами Місяця #Місяць #космос #наука #астрономія #ChangE6
1/16 🌙 FIRST LUNAR FARSIDE SAMPLES REVEAL MOON'S SECRETS 🌙
Chang'e-6 returns from the mysterious lunar farside with 2.8-billion-year-old basalts.
First analysis published in Nature changes everything we thought we knew about lunar evolution.
#LunarScience #ChangE6
The inset at top right of the previous map shows white boxes where hyperspectral observations were taken. Boxes with more than one observation number were repeat observations, and they allowed some study of changes in water concentration (VERY low) over time.
#moon #change6
A map of the immediate area of the Chang'e 6 lander. It covers an area about 11 by 15 m across. The lander is below the middle. A sharp-rimmed blocky crater is at the lower left corner. At right is the area sampled, showing the sampling scoop marks and the area viewed by an imaging spectrometer which mapped composition before sampling. At left is the path of the little rover 'Golden Toad'. It dropped off the lander's northwest corner, drove out to the east, apparently zigzagged a bit and took a picture. Then it drove north, turned east for a bit, then back west and took another picture.
Time to put everything together for Chang'e 6. Here is a map of the immediate area of the lander. I need to confirm the location of the drill. The Lunar Mineralogy Spectrometer (LMS) did multispectral mapping of the sampling area to help find a good place to […]
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The 8 scoops make a shape resembling Zhong, the Chinese character which is the first part of the country's name (Zhōngguó). C3 came between scoops 6 and 7 but I only discovered it after the image was prepared, in a paper about determining the surface strength from the imprint depth.
#moon #change6
A series of panels show step by step the scoop sampling process of Chang'e 6. At top left is the surface before any contact. Below it in three pairs of small images, the first six steps are portrayed: a surface contact, then a scoop. A second contact, then a scoop, and then 2 more scoops. At right four panels show one more scoop each. The second of these panels also shows a third surface contact point which came between scoops 6 and 7. Altogether, the 8 scoops make a representation of the Chinese character Zhong, the first syllable of the name of the country (Zhōngguó), often used on its own to denote China.
This video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=svW5JNPAD6c
shows the Chang'e 6 sampling process. First a drill, which took a c. 100 cm core. It should have gone to 200 cm but hit a rock. Then a scoop which collected 8 scoops of regolith. Three times the scoop […]
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Another image of Chang'e 6's lander taken by the little rover.
Less well known is this second image which appeared on a social media site which I can't get back to. But I save everything... This was taken earlier, closer to the lander. The hills in the background of both images of the lander are parts of Mons Song, south […]
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This mini-rover called Jinchan (Golden Toad) drove away from the lander and took a picture of it, linked to in the main text of this post.
That Chang'e 6 panorama was not the only image from the mission. The spacecraft had multiple cameras to monitor activities throughout surface and orbital operations, but the one which got most attention was on a tiny rover […]
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The same panorama is projected to make the foreground more map-like. The process makes horizon features look higher than they really are, which can help subtle features show up more clearly. The lander touched down on the southern rim of a 50 m diameter subdued crater which is difficult to see, so in this view I have exaggerated its appearance a bit.
In this view I have projected the panorama into a semicircle with north at the top (the process exaggerates horizon relief). I also massaged the scene a little pit to make visible the 50 m subdued crater whose rim the spacecraft landed on. Otherwise it is very difficult to discern.
#moon #change6
A half-panorama from Chang'e 6 showing the view from west (at left) to north (middle) to east (right edge). I intended to fill a gap at top right where the flag is, but have not done it yet. Hills of a distant crater rim (Chaffee crater) are indicated in the closeup view.
We landed! Let's take a look around the Chang'e 6 landing site. The sample return landers only took half a panorama, alas. Here:
english.www.gov.cn/news/202406/04/content_W...
are some images including their panorama […]
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So this is a farside mare (basalt lava flow) and the regolith developed on that lava flow contains fragments thrown onto it from distant craters. The young crater Chaffee S (shown yesterday) is a likely source of some of those fragments. They would include samples of the South Pole-Aitken Basin […]
Four maps which zoom in to the Chang'e 6 landing site to help identify it in orbital images. The second map shows the landing target box. The spacecraft landed on the rim of a subdued crater about 50 m across.
Here I zoom in on the Chang'e 6 landing site. I have done this 4 frame sequence for every landing and crash site which we can identify in LRO images. The second image shows the specific target box in the larger landing area. They landed almost in the middle […]
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Many craters are named here. China has been quite active in getting names approved around its landing sites. You can also see craters commemorating several US astronauts (see the ALT text in the previous post) including the Columbia crew and 2 of the Apollo 1 crew. The Challenger crew are […]
Two maps provide context for the Chang'e 6 landing site. They show the southern half of the Apollo basin inside the South Pole-Aitken basin on the southern farside of the Moon. Chang'e 6 landed on lava flows inside Apollo. A landing area and a backup area are indicated. Several craters have Chinese names and others commemorate US astronauts from Apollo 1 (Chaffee and White), Apollo 8 (Borman) and the Columbia space shuttle accident (7 craters including Husband).
I had a thread on lunar landing sites a year or so ago, which is included in the 'planetary mapping' PDF linked in the pinned post thanks to @birchbirch. This current thread is an update, so here I am continuing where that thread finished, just leading up to […]
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Chang’e-6 Samples Reveal the Moon’s Farside Is Stranger Than We Thought #Science #Space #PlanetaryScience #MoonExploration #ChangE6
China, 2024.
The Chang’e 6 mission just brought back the first-ever soil samples from the far side of the Moon — a place no human has ever seen.
But what if they found something… and decided to keep it quiet?
#SpaceNews #MoonMission #Change6 #LunarExploration #NASA #CosmicSecrets #SpaceMystery
Water Abundance In The Mantle Of The Moon's Farside
astrobiology.com/2025/04/wate... #astrobiology #Moon #Lunar #Change6 #China
‘Dry side’ of the Moon reveals new details about its evolution: Recent findings indicate that the moon’s farside may contain far less water in its mantle than the side that perpetually faces Earth.
#DryMoon #LunarWaterScarcity #ChangE6 #MoonEvolution #FarSideDiscovery #EarthDotCom #Earth
Astronomers found something very strange at the core of our Milky Way galaxy: The James Webb Space Telescope reveals turbulent environments found in Sagittarius C, a core part of our galaxy.
#LunarGeology #MoonDifferences #NearSideVsFarSide #ChangE6 #LunarExploration #EarthDotCom #EarthSnap #Earth
