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China’s first Moon rocks ignite research bonanza

Samples collected by Chang’e-5 are revealing exciting insights into the Moon’s evolution.
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Until recently, geochronologist Li Xian-Hua’s research focused on molten rocks on Earth. But when a Chinese spacecraft delivered the country’s first rocks from the Moon in December 2020, Li pivoted to study them. “I’m a new person working on extra-terrestrial rocks,” says Li, who is based at the Institute of Geology and Geophysics (IGG) at the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Beijing.

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Nature 603, 561-562 (2022)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-022-00683-6

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