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Iron Oxide on the Moon
December 13 , 2025
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- China’s Chang’e-6 mission discovered tiny iron oxide crystals in lunar soil.
- Hematite and maghemite were detected in samples from the South Pole–Aitken Basin.
- The basin is the oldest and largest known impact zone in the Solar System.
- Iron oxide formation is linked to oxygen-rich vapour from massive ancient impacts.
- Chang’e-6 returned deep-region lunar samples to Earth in 2024.
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