<ul><li>A major breakthrough in space science has revealed the age of the Moon’s biggest and oldest crater—the South Pole–Aitken (SPA) basin.</li><li>China's Chang'e-6 mission brought back rock samples from the SPA basin, providing scientists a unique opportunity to directly study the area.</li><li>Analysis of the samples using lead-lead dating revealed that the SPA basin was formed around 4.25 billion years ago.</li><li>The age of the SPA basin contributes to a better understanding of the Moon's history and the early phase of the solar system.</li></ul>

Chang’e-6 samples reveal moon’s oldest impact basin formed 4.25 billion years ago

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