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Gel-like substance found on Moon's far side by China's Yutu 2 rover analysed
FirstpostThis substance, called an impact melt breccia, is the primary evidence that the area has been part of a cataclysmic impact event. The results of the study, named ‘Impact melt breccia and surrounding regolith measured by Chang’e-4 rover’ have been published as letter in the journal Earth and Planetary Science Letters. This substance, an impact melt breccia, is the primary evidence that the area has been in a cataclysmic impact event, where the heat generated from the impact shatters and melts the target rock. Scientists say that the material resembles lunar impact melt breccia samples returned by NASA’s Apollo missions. On 2 January 2019, China’s Chang’e-4 lunar probe created history by becoming the first spacecraft to land on the far side of the Moon.
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