China’s Moon Rocks
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SCI014: China’s lunar rover has returned a payload of rocks from the Moon and Caroline tells Lindsay and Lino that the rocks are much younger than those retrieved by Apollo and reveal more about volcanic activity there, providing new answers about the history of the solar system.
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Links for this episode:
- Moon rocks brought to Earth by Chinese mission fill key gaps in solar system history | Space
- Chang’e-5 samples reveal key age of moon rock | EurekAlert!
- Moon rocks retrieved by Chang’e 5 mission show lunar volcanic activity 2 billion years ago – ABC News
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