The first Chinese mission to softly land on the surface of the moon has discovered a new kind of volcanic moon rock.
This finding marks the first time in about 40 years that a new discovery has confirmed from the surface of the moon.
The rock samples were taken from Chang'e-3's landing site in the Imbrium basin — a dark impact site filled with hardened lava that can be seen from Earth, according to Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri, one of the organizations that analyzed the data beamed back from the mission
China's Chang'e-3 lander launched to the moon's surface in 2013 and deployed the Yutu rover — the robot responsible for this new discovery — shortly afterwards. The rover has been immobile for some time, though was still sending pings to Earth as late as October of 2015, China's state-run Xinhua news agency said. Read more...
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