The far side of the moon was once a vast magma ocean, Chinese lunar lander confirms

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New findings from China's Chang'e 6 lunar farside samples offer insights into the moon's volcanic past and mantle evolution.

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Space.com report stated, "New research from scientists with the Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences and published in the journal Science found that sample analysis backs up an established model of the moon as a global liquid magma ocean in the early days after its formation and likely lasted for tens to hundreds of millions of years."

My note, apparently some or many of the rocks radiometrically dated were only about 2.8 billion years old, https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-08382-0

Previous reports from other samples indicated young ages like 2 billion years old, https://phys.org/news/2022-12-exotic-clasts-change-samples-unexplored.html

How such young ages are fitted into the giant impact model, some date 4.4 or 4.45 billion years ago for Theia impact, IMO remains to be explained.