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China's Moon Mission Chang'e 6 Found Something Totally Unexpected

Chang'e-6 returned far-side lunar fragments containing rare olivine-bearing meteorite material resembling pre-solar-system asteroid dust that can trace volatile delivery to Earth and Moon.
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China Found Something Fascinating on the Far Side of the Moon

Chang'e-6 lunar samples contain CI chondrite fragments, marking the first Moon detection and showing volatile-rich, porous asteroids can survive impacts to deliver hydrated material.
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Surprise meteorite debris uncovered on Moon's far side

Sifting through the first-ever rock samples collected from the far side of the Moon, scientists in China have unearthed a surprise: fragments of a rare type of meteorite that could help to piece together the Solar System's history. The debris - scooped up by China's Chang'e-6 mission and returned to Earth in June last year - resembles material from asteroids that carry dust pre-dating the Solar System. Studying the chemical composition of this debris could help to trace how asteroids seeded planetary bodies such as Earth and the Moon with volatile compounds including water.
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