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Rock from 4,200,000,000 years ago confirms something we wondered about the moon

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Scientists analysed lunar soil brought back to Earth from China ’s Chang’e-6 spacecraft.

Two separate teams found fragments of volcanic rock that were about 2.8 billion years old.

One piece was even more ancient, dating back to 4.2 billion years .

Scientists know there were active volcanoes on the near side, the part of the moon seen from Earth .

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English

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