Fifty years ago, NASA and the Soviet space program conducted the first sample-return missions from the Moon.
Their research could provide valuable insight into how young volcanism shaped the lunar surface.Institute of Geology and Geophysics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences
However, the new samples of lunar rock obtained by the Chang'e-5 mission were only 2 billion years old, indicating that volcanic activity occurred at least a billion years longer than previously expected. Based on their analysis, the CAS researchers found that minerals with low-melting points in the mantle could have allowed for compression, leading to young volcanism. Prof. Chen"Recent melting of the lunar mantle can be achieved by either raising the temperature or lowering the melting point," he said."To better understand this problem, we should estimate the temperature and pressure in which the young volcanism was created.
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