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Penetrating Radar Aboard the Chang’E-4 Rover Reveals Layers of the Moon’s History

Penetrating radar aboard the Chang'E-4 rover reveals layers of the moon's history
Image taken by the panoramic camera (PCAM) on board the Chinese Yutu 2 lunar rover as it looked back at the Chang’e 4 lander. Credit: Nature Communications (2019). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-019-12278-3/Wikimedia Commons/CC BY-SA

A team of space scientists at the Planetary Science Institute, working with colleagues from the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen University and the University of Aberdeen, has used data from China’s Chang’E-4 rover to learn more about the history of the moon. In their study, reported in the Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, the group analyzed lunar-penetrating radar (LPR) data sent back from the rover.

China’s Chang’E-4 rover has been wandering around on the far side of the moon since 2018...

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