Unusual potassium isotope signatures in Chang’e-6 lunar samples point to extreme conditions created by the impact that formed ...

The Chang’e-6 mission returned lunar samples from the Moon’s far side, which contain fragments of a rare type of meteorite that may have contributed water to both the Earth and the Moon. According to ...

Since the Moon's formation, asteroid impacts have been the dominant exogenous geological process, creating craters and basins across its surface and profoundly altering its topography and geochemical ...

It's hard enough to see a meteorite strike on Earth: Most of the bits of space debris that survive entry into the atmosphere plunge into the ocean, which covers about 70 percent of the planet. The ...