Scientists are continuing to analyze samples of rock and dirt brought back by China's Chang'e 5 lunar rover, and the latest results point to new kinds of geology from regions of the Moon that are yet to be discovered and explored.
Seven different types of rock were identified among 1.731 kilograms of 2 billion-year-old regolith – the loose, crumbly dirt and rubble on the Moon's surface. One of the rocks is a completely new type of lunar basalt, created at a time when the Moon was still volcanically active.
The seven types of rock listed in the study are all considered 'exotic', thought to have reached their current landing site from somewhere else.
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