Chang’e-6 samples may explain why the Moon has two different faces
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Analysis of farside rocks collected by China’s Chang’e-6 mission suggests that uneven heating after the Moon became tidally locked to Earth drove vast flows in its ancient magma ocean. The process may explain the near side’s volcanic plains and KREEP deposits and the far side’s thick, cratered crust.
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