ABSTRACT The Chang'e-5 (CE-5) mission, the first return of lunar samples to Earth since
the Apollo and Luna missions more than 44 years ago, landed on one of the youngest mare …

In this chapter, we present and discuss in detail current and novel advances in our
understanding of the processes that drove primordial differentiation of the Moon. This …

Forty-five years after the Apollo and Luna missions returned lunar samples, China's Chang'E-
5 (CE-5) mission collected new samples from the mid-latitude region in the northeastern …

Abstract China's Chang'e-5 (CE-5) mission, the first lunar sample return mission since 1976,
landed at 43.06° N, 51.92° W on Dec. 1, 2020, in Northern Oceanus Procellarum. CE-5 …

The history of mare volcanism critically informs the thermal evolution of the Moon. However,
young volcanic eruptions are poorly constrained by remote observations and limited …

There is extensive geologic evidence of ancient volcanic activity on the Moon, but it is
unclear how long that volcanism persisted. Magma fountains produce volcanic glasses …

Young lunar mare basalts are recent volcanic products distributed mainly in the Procellarum-
KREEP-Terrane. However, these young basalts were never investigated in situ until 2013 by …

Meteorites are a remarkable resource. They capture the imagination of people worldwide
with their spectacular entry through Earth's atmosphere as fireballs, and their exotic …

The Moon can have elevated chlorine (Cl) isotope ratios, much higher than any other Solar
System objects. Deciphering the Cl isotope compositions of volcanic lunar samples is critical …

Lunar glasses with different origins act as snapshots of their formation processes, providing
a rich archive of the Moon's formation and evolution. Here, we reveal diverse glasses from …