The Global Kashmir
No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • News
    • Kashmir
    • Jammu
  • National
  • World
  • Business
  • Editorial
  • Health
  • Opinion
  • Sports
  • Tech
  • E-Paper
en English
ar Arabiczh-CN Chinese (Simplified)en Englishru Russianes Spanishur Urdu
No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • News
    • Kashmir
    • Jammu
  • National
  • World
  • Business
  • Editorial
  • Health
  • Opinion
  • Sports
  • Tech
  • E-Paper
No Result
View All Result
The Global Kashmir
No Result
View All Result
IMG 20220910 144714

China discovers a new mineral on the moon, becomes the third country to do so

News Desk by News Desk
September 10, 2022
Reading Time: 1 min read
0
4
VIEWS
Share on Facebook

Changesite-(Y) is a phosphate mineral found in lunar basalts.

READ ALSO

A third of China’s urban population at danger due to land sinking, finds new study

‘Warmest congratulations’: India wishes incoming UK prime minister Rishi Sunak

US Air Force f-35A crashes in Florida, pilot ejects safely, probe on

China has become only the third country to discover a new mineral on the moon after its scientists said on Friday that they had found one. At a press conference, Dong Baotong, vice chairman of the China Atomic Energy Authority, announced the name of the new mineral as Changesite-(Y). It was found in rock and dust samples retrieved from the moon by China’s Chang’e-5 mission.

The mission was launched in 2020 and was China’s first to return a lunar sample. US and Russia are the other two countries to have done so till date. It is the sixth new mineral humans have discovered on the moon.

Wang Xuejun, a party official with China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC), informed that a research team from the Beijing Research Institute of Uranium Geology carefully separated a single crystalline particle of the material from more than 140,000 lunar particles using hi-tech processes, including X-ray diffraction.

The particle was about 10 microns in diameter, or about one-tenth of a human hair, Wang told reporters. Changesite-(Y) is a phosphate mineral found in lunar basalts. The Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification of the International Mineralogical Association has confirmed it as a new mineral.

Phosphate is the natural source of phosphorous and is also found on Earth. It is an element that provides a major chunk of the nutrients plants need for their growth. While excess of it is damaging to the human body, it would play a key role in helping space faring heroes farm on the lunar surface.

The CNNC’s Wang said the discovery of Changesite-(Y) was a breakthrough in mineralogy research and will help understand the history and evolution of the moon, besides helping with deep space exploration.-(WION)

ADVERTISEMENT
ShareTweetSendSharePinShare
ADVERTISEMENT
Previous Post

India moving ahead to lead fourth industrial revolution: PM Modi

Next Post

Mughal Road reopens for one way traffic 

RelatedPosts

A third of China’s urban population at danger due to land sinking, finds new study

A third of China’s urban population at danger due to land sinking, finds new study

April 23, 2024
‘Warmest congratulations’: India wishes incoming UK prime minister Rishi Sunak

‘Warmest congratulations’: India wishes incoming UK prime minister Rishi Sunak

October 25, 2022
US Air Force f-35A crashes in Florida, pilot ejects safely, probe on

US Air Force f-35A crashes in Florida, pilot ejects safely, probe on

October 20, 2022

New Zealand becomes the first country to impose agriculture tax to curb emission

Nobel Peace Prize 2022 jointly awarded to human rights advocate Ales Bialiatski and two organisations

World would face Armageddon if Putin uses tactical nuke weapon: Biden

French author Annie Ernaux wins Nobel Literature Prize

Thailand shooting: Death toll hits 34, including 22 kids

White House says OPEC+ ‘aligning’ with Russia as member countries announce biggest cut to oil production

Next Post
Jammu-Srinagar national highway blocked due to landslide

Mughal Road reopens for one way traffic 

Air pollution may cause lung cancer in non-smokers: Scientists

Air pollution may cause lung cancer in non-smokers: Scientists

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

ADVERTISEMENT

Company Info

Address: F11 silk factory road Tulsibagh, Srinagar
Phone : 9797970347.
Email : globalkashmir786@gmail.com
Owner, printer, publisher Editor : Suhail Yousuf Shah
Legal advisor : Advocate Umar Mushtaq
Printed at : LUBAAB PUBLICATIONS LAWAYPORA SRINAGAR
Published from : Green house Soitang, Srinagar, Kashmir.
RNI No : JKENG/2011/38364
Office No's :
Postal Regd No : JKNP 160 / SKGPO 2012 - 2014

About

The Global Kashmir was founded in Srinagar, with a vision to promote positive news from the Kashmir valley and across the globe. Covering first hand, all categories of news from different corners of Jammu and Kashmir as well as relevant national and international news stories. Global Kashmir is dedicated to providing unbiased stories that are yet to be told...

News By Topic

Company Info

  • Contact Us
  • About

© 2022 - Global Kashmir

No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • News
    • Kashmir
    • Jammu
  • National
  • World
  • Business
  • Editorial
  • Health
  • Opinion
  • Sports
  • Tech
  • E-Paper

© 2022 - Global Kashmir