New research confirms volcanoes were erupting on the far side of the moon billions of years ago. Researchers analyzed lunar soil brought back by China’s Chang’e-spacecraft and found fragments of volcanic rock that were about 2.

After analyzing the sample brought by Chang'e-6, researchers found that the moon’s oldest and deepest crater on its far side was volcanically active around 2.8 billion years ago.

To obtain a sample from this area is really important because it’s an area that otherwise we have no data for.'

Space volcanoes have erupted on dark side of moon for over a billion years, scientists find - Li said the new findings reveal over 1 billion years of volcanic eruptions on the lunar far side. One piece of volcanic rock dated back 4.