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Dust from the far side of the Moon has just revealed something scientists has never seen there: tiny fragments from an extremely rare space rock. When they studied the material extracted from the Chang’e-6 mission in China, they found some microscopic grains from a very fragile, but rich in water meteorite, that usually never survive when it crosses Earth atmosphere. This grain comes from a type of meteorite called an Ivuna-type carbonaceous chondrite, or CI chondrite. It’s the first time confirmed debris of this kind has ever been found on the Moon. The finding shows that even very fragile and wet asteroids can leave tiny prints trapped in lunar soil, and that the Moon can preserve clues about the solar system's early history that get destroyed easily on Earth. What’s special about this kind of meteorite? CI chondrites are some of the most strange known meteorites. They’re the most rich in water and volatile elements, and its composition looks like the one from space rocks like Ryugu y Bennu. Up to 20% of its mass can be water combined with hydrated minerals. That’s why it's so important to understand how water and other ingredient could have been delivered to the Earth and the Moon. However, these same qualities make them very fragile. CI chondrites are soft, crumbly, and highly porous compared to most other meteorites. When they enter Earth’s atmosphere on a high speed, it's quite easily for them to break, melt or completely destroy. Which is why less than 1% of all the meteorites found on our planet belong to this group. And, it might seem as if was simpler to find them on the Moon, since there is no atmosphere ready to burn them there, but there’s another problem: the objects that crash to the moon surface do it at a very high speed, whit such a violent impact, that usually, the rock just evaporates, melt, or get blasted back into space. How scientists found CI dust in Chang’e-6 samples Besides the difficulties, the team, guided by the geochemists Jintuan Wang and Zhiming Chen from the Chinese Academy of Sciences, decided to examine, very carefully, the Chang’e-6 material. The sample showed a “crater within a crater”: the Apolo crater, inside the huge South Pole-Aitken basin, that nearly covers a quarter of the Moon surface. And since this zone has already received so many impacts over time, it was a good place to look for old meteorites. The researched looked into 5.000 tiny fragments in the sample that would contained olivine, a magnesium and iron silicate mineral that often appears in volcanic rocks, impact melts and meteorites. They put aside many “clastos" (fragments) with olivine and then they assembled and polished it carefully to be able to study them with very powerful tools: scanning electron microscopy, electronic microprobe and secondary ion mass spectrometry. From all of the candidates, the team identified 7 clastos with olivine, which chemical matched with the olivine from the CI chondrites. This pieces, showed porphydic textures: olive crystals embedded in a vitreous matrix. The researchers compared patterns of silicon and oxygen isotopes, iron-to-manganese ratios, and concentrations of nickel and chromium oxides. Rocks from the Moon and Earth have established ranges for these values. The 7 clasts were not included in these ranges. But, their fingerprints matched those of CI chondrite meteorites. This indicates that the material probably came from a CI chondrite asteroid that struck the Moon, melted upon impact, and then cooled quickly enough to preserve its original chemistry. New findings about the solar system The scientists note that their method may be useful for upcoming research on Moon rocks and other returned samples: “Given the rarity of CI chondrites in Earth’s meteorite collection, our integrated methodology for identifying exogenous materials in lunar and potentially other returned samples offers a valuable tool for reassessing chondrite proportions in the inner Solar System.”

Science

Confirmed—China’s Chang’e-6 mission finds lunar dust with meteorite fragments that could explain the origin of water on Earth

November 24, 2025

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Mobility

It’s official—Honda is recalling more than 400,000 Civics due to a defect that could cause the wheel to fly off—and these are the affected models

November 24, 2025

News

Confirmed—mass disappearance of USPS blue mailboxes now reaches Hawaii—many Americans fear for their safety and their mail-in ballots

November 24, 2025

Economy

Confirmed—Santa Fe approves historic minimum wage increase and ties it to the real estate market to protect its workers

November 24, 2025

Economy

It’s official—Social Security confirms the spousal benefit that allows you to collect up to 50% of your partner’s payment even if you have never worked

November 24, 2025

It's official—HelloFresh will pay $7.5 million for unauthorized auto-renewals... check if you're on the list and can get your money back

It’s official—HelloFresh will pay $7.5 million for unauthorized auto-renewals… check if you’re on the list and can get your money back

November 24, 2025

Confirmed—California revokes 17,000 driver's licenses from immigrants after detecting irregularities in their residence permits

Confirmed—California revokes 17,000 driver’s licenses from immigrants after detecting irregularities in their residence permits

November 24, 2025

Say goodbye to “fake discounts”—these apps—Capital One Shopping, CamelCamelCamel, and SlickDeals—expose Black Friday scams and help you save more than ever before

Say goodbye to “fake discounts”—these apps—Capital One Shopping, CamelCamelCamel, and SlickDeals—expose Black Friday scams and help you save more than ever before

November 24, 2025

ECONOMY

Confirmed—Santa Fe approves historic minimum wage increase and ties it to the real estate market to protect its workers

Economy

Confirmed—Santa Fe approves historic minimum wage increase and ties it to the real estate market to protect its workers

November 24, 2025

It's official—Social Security confirms the spousal benefit that allows you to collect up to 50% of your partner's payment even if you have never worked

Economy

It’s official—Social Security confirms the spousal benefit that allows you to collect up to 50% of your partner’s payment even if you have never worked

November 24, 2025

Confirmed—California revokes 17,000 driver's licenses from immigrants after detecting irregularities in their residence permits

Economy

Confirmed—California revokes 17,000 driver’s licenses from immigrants after detecting irregularities in their residence permits

November 24, 2025

Say goodbye to “fake discounts”—these apps—Capital One Shopping, CamelCamelCamel, and SlickDeals—expose Black Friday scams and help you save more than ever before

Economy

Say goodbye to “fake discounts”—these apps—Capital One Shopping, CamelCamelCamel, and SlickDeals—expose Black Friday scams and help you save more than ever before

November 24, 2025

This is the blow that will hit in 2026—Medicare confirms sharp increases in Part A, Part B, and Part D—skyrocketing deductibles, premiums, and IRMAA that will affect millions of seniors in the U.S

Economy

This is the blow that will hit in 2026—Medicare confirms sharp increases in Part A, Part B, and Part D—skyrocketing deductibles, premiums, and IRMAA that will affect millions of seniors in the U.S

November 23, 2025

It's official—the IRS confirms a historic increase in 401(k) contribution limits for 2026—millions of Americans will be able to save more for retirement

Economy

It’s official—the IRS confirms a historic increase in 401(k) contribution limits for 2026—millions of Americans will be able to save more for retirement

November 22, 2025

MOBILITY

It's official—Honda is recalling more than 400,000 Civics due to a defect that could cause the wheel to fly off—and these are the affected models

Mobility

It’s official—Honda is recalling more than 400,000 Civics due to a defect that could cause the wheel to fly off—and these are the affected models

November 24, 2025

It's official—Oklahoma is tightening its DUI laws, and now even a first offense can land you in jail—learn the details of these new laws

Mobility

It’s official—Oklahoma is tightening its DUI laws, and now even a first offense can land you in jail—learn the details of these new laws

November 23, 2025

It's official—these nearly century-old dummy lights are the oldest traffic lights in the country, and they're still operating in New York City, confusing drivers

Mobility

It’s official—these nearly century-old dummy lights are the oldest traffic lights in the country, and they’re still operating in New York City, confusing drivers

November 23, 2025

It's official—Stellantis orders recall of more than 320,000 Jeep plug-in hybrids in the US and Canada due to fire risk in high-voltage batteries

Mobility

It’s official—Stellantis orders recall of more than 320,000 Jeep plug-in hybrids in the US and Canada due to fire risk in high-voltage batteries

November 22, 2025

Confirmed—the world's oldest van is still running and was manufactured by Mercedes-Benz over a century ago

Mobility

Confirmed—the world’s oldest van is still running and was manufactured by Mercedes-Benz over a century ago

November 21, 2025

Goodbye to Toyota and Lexus reliability—more than 126,000 vehicles recalled due to a serious engine fault that could cause accidents

Mobility

Goodbye to Toyota and Lexus reliability—more than 126,000 vehicles recalled due to a serious engine fault that could cause accidents

November 21, 2025

NEWS

Confirmed—mass disappearance of USPS blue mailboxes now reaches Hawaii—many Americans fear for their safety and their mail-in ballots

News

Confirmed—mass disappearance of USPS blue mailboxes now reaches Hawaii—many Americans fear for their safety and their mail-in ballots

November 24, 2025

It's official—HelloFresh will pay $7.5 million for unauthorized auto-renewals... check if you're on the list and can get your money back

News

It’s official—HelloFresh will pay $7.5 million for unauthorized auto-renewals… check if you’re on the list and can get your money back

November 24, 2025

News

Farewell to an iconic brand—Lugano Diamonds begins closing stores in Washington, D.C., Greenwich, and London as it urgently seeks a buyer

November 23, 2025

Floating architecture—this country is revolutionizing housing with floating homes that rise and fall with the floods

News

Floating architecture—this country is revolutionizing housing with floating homes that rise and fall with the floods

November 23, 2025

Confirmed—why politicians, CEOs, and presenters always choose a tie of this color—it is linked to confidence, honesty, and leadership

News

Confirmed—why politicians, CEOs, and presenters always choose a tie of this color—it is linked to confidence, honesty, and leadership

November 22, 2025

It's official—Harris Teeter, owned by Kroger, will open five new supermarkets in Florida, North Carolina, and South Carolina

News

It’s official—Harris Teeter, owned by Kroger, will open five new supermarkets in Florida, North Carolina, and South Carolina

November 22, 2025

SCIENCE

Dust from the far side of the Moon has just revealed something scientists has never seen there: tiny fragments from an extremely rare space rock. When they studied the material extracted from the Chang’e-6 mission in China, they found some microscopic grains from a very fragile, but rich in water meteorite, that usually never survive when it crosses Earth atmosphere. This grain comes from a type of meteorite called an Ivuna-type carbonaceous chondrite, or CI chondrite. It’s the first time confirmed debris of this kind has ever been found on the Moon. The finding shows that even very fragile and wet asteroids can leave tiny prints trapped in lunar soil, and that the Moon can preserve clues about the solar system's early history that get destroyed easily on Earth. What’s special about this kind of meteorite? CI chondrites are some of the most strange known meteorites. They’re the most rich in water and volatile elements, and its composition looks like the one from space rocks like Ryugu y Bennu. Up to 20% of its mass can be water combined with hydrated minerals. That’s why it's so important to understand how water and other ingredient could have been delivered to the Earth and the Moon. However, these same qualities make them very fragile. CI chondrites are soft, crumbly, and highly porous compared to most other meteorites. When they enter Earth’s atmosphere on a high speed, it's quite easily for them to break, melt or completely destroy. Which is why less than 1% of all the meteorites found on our planet belong to this group. And, it might seem as if was simpler to find them on the Moon, since there is no atmosphere ready to burn them there, but there’s another problem: the objects that crash to the moon surface do it at a very high speed, whit such a violent impact, that usually, the rock just evaporates, melt, or get blasted back into space. How scientists found CI dust in Chang’e-6 samples Besides the difficulties, the team, guided by the geochemists Jintuan Wang and Zhiming Chen from the Chinese Academy of Sciences, decided to examine, very carefully, the Chang’e-6 material. The sample showed a “crater within a crater”: the Apolo crater, inside the huge South Pole-Aitken basin, that nearly covers a quarter of the Moon surface. And since this zone has already received so many impacts over time, it was a good place to look for old meteorites. The researched looked into 5.000 tiny fragments in the sample that would contained olivine, a magnesium and iron silicate mineral that often appears in volcanic rocks, impact melts and meteorites. They put aside many “clastos" (fragments) with olivine and then they assembled and polished it carefully to be able to study them with very powerful tools: scanning electron microscopy, electronic microprobe and secondary ion mass spectrometry. From all of the candidates, the team identified 7 clastos with olivine, which chemical matched with the olivine from the CI chondrites. This pieces, showed porphydic textures: olive crystals embedded in a vitreous matrix. The researchers compared patterns of silicon and oxygen isotopes, iron-to-manganese ratios, and concentrations of nickel and chromium oxides. Rocks from the Moon and Earth have established ranges for these values. The 7 clasts were not included in these ranges. But, their fingerprints matched those of CI chondrite meteorites. This indicates that the material probably came from a CI chondrite asteroid that struck the Moon, melted upon impact, and then cooled quickly enough to preserve its original chemistry. New findings about the solar system The scientists note that their method may be useful for upcoming research on Moon rocks and other returned samples: “Given the rarity of CI chondrites in Earth’s meteorite collection, our integrated methodology for identifying exogenous materials in lunar and potentially other returned samples offers a valuable tool for reassessing chondrite proportions in the inner Solar System.”

Science

Confirmed—China’s Chang’e-6 mission finds lunar dust with meteorite fragments that could explain the origin of water on Earth

November 24, 2025

This is the red sphere discovered by NASA—a celestial body traveling at record speed that could change what we know about stars

Science

This is the red sphere discovered by NASA—a celestial body traveling at record speed that could change what we know about stars

November 23, 2025

Confirmed—the first space solar panel is already producing electricity and could power entire cities

Science

Confirmed—the first space solar panel is already producing electricity and could power entire cities

November 21, 2025

Confirmed—Minnesota becomes the new energy epicenter following Pulsar Helium's historic discovery of 230,000 tons of helium

Science

Confirmed—Minnesota becomes the new energy epicenter following Pulsar Helium’s historic discovery of 230,000 tons of helium

November 19, 2025

This is the method used by a teacher who turns math into a game using only cooking, social media, and challenges

Science

This is the method used by a teacher who turns math into a game using only cooking, social media, and challenges

November 14, 2025

Confirmed—global warming threatens to wipe out the U.S. “corn belt” and plunge global production

Science

Confirmed—global warming threatens to wipe out the U.S. “corn belt” and plunge global production

November 14, 2025

TECHNOLOGY

Confirmed—This is the Los Angeles startup competing with Elon Musk and planning to create an orbital transport network in record time

Technology

Confirmed—This is the Los Angeles startup competing with Elon Musk and planning to create an orbital transport network in record time

November 23, 2025

Here's how to prevent people from adding you to unnecessary WhatsApp groups—step by step

Technology

Here’s how to prevent people from adding you to unnecessary WhatsApp groups—step by step

November 23, 2025

Here are 5 valuable uses for your USB flash drive that you may not have known about

Technology

Here are 5 valuable uses for your USB flash drive that you may not have known about

November 22, 2025

It's official—internet addiction has been added to the WHO's list of diseases and affects millions without them even realizing it

Technology

It’s official—internet addiction has been added to the WHO’s list of diseases and affects millions without them even realizing it

November 22, 2025

Goodbye to cement—RMIT University revolutionizes construction with a material made from soil and recycled cardboard that promises to replace traditional materials

Technology

Goodbye to cement—RMIT University revolutionizes construction with a material made from soil and recycled cardboard that promises to replace traditional materials

November 22, 2025

Confirmed—WhatsApp will display the name of anyone who contacts you from a number not in your contacts list—a revolution for your privacy

Technology

Confirmed—WhatsApp will display the name of anyone who contacts you from a number not in your contacts list—a revolution for your privacy

November 21, 2025

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