Scientists have discovered alien artifacts in the first samples from the mysterious far side of the Moon

Human space probes have returned an ancient alien visitor from the moon, rewriting the early history of the solar system.

China’s Chang’e-6 spacecraft made history in June 2024 by returning the first samples from the far side of the Moon, an area never before explored by humans.

In a new study, scientists examined soil dust from an ancient planet called the Apollo Basin and found seven small pieces of rock unrelated to anything naturally formed on the moon’s surface.

These small fragments are the remains of ancient asteroids that crashed into the Moon billions of years ago.

Like ordinary moon rocks, these fragments come from watery stars that have drifted into the space between Mars and Jupiter, making them true “alien artifacts” beyond our planet.

What’s more, scientists from the Chinese Academy of Sciences found that the artifacts came from the same type of space rock that likely provided the chemicals needed to start life on Earth-like planets billions of years ago.

Asteroids like these delivered water and other key materials to the Moon early in its history, which likely helped form the thin layers of water ice we see today.

To some extent, the new discoveries have rewritten our understanding of how space rocks form on Earth and the Moon, as finding meteorites on Earth is limited by our atmosphere and gravity, potentially burning up samples before they can be studied.

China’s Chang’e-6 lander (pictured) returns to Earth in June 2024 and scientists have just discovered alien artifacts deposited by the planet in lunar samples.

The samples (pictured) are completely foreign to the Moon’s composition, meaning the icy water found on the Moon’s surface could have brought asteroids.

The far side of the Moon is the hidden half that we never see because our planet and the Moon are regularly aligned, meaning we always see the same side from our vantage point.

Specifically, the team identified these seven fragments as a rare type of asteroid remnant called CI-like carbonaceous chondrites.

At the heart of these mysterious patterns were small green crystals called olivines, which look like olivine gems and form the backbone of the asteroids from which they came.

Finding olivine in these space rocks was unique because they were filled with water inside, and just the right mix of iron, zinc, and other metals not seen on the relatively dry moon.

The patterns match the composition of other nearby stars recently studied by astronomers, including Ryugu, studied by Japan’s Hayabusa 2 mission, and Benno, studied by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx.

Research in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) noted that many rocks have been returned from the Moon over time.

Scientists have learned that the new samples of Chang’e-6 did not originate on the moon because of their composition and hidden chemical fingerprints, in which 10 to 20 percent of water is locked in clay-like minerals, amino acids and string-like carbon compounds.

Scientists have also discovered light gases like hydrogen, nitrogen, and sulfur, which from space resemble wet sponges that carry the seeds of the ocean and air.

A Chinese lander collected four pounds of rock from the lunar surface after successfully landing on the far side of the moon in May 2024.

Typical lunar rocks are mostly dry black lava rock and white feldspar, composed of heavy iron, calcium, aluminum, and titanium minerals, with almost no water.

“This discovery supports the hypothesis that asteroids played a role in delivering water and other volatiles to the lunar surface,” the researchers wrote.

Experts believe that these asteroid fragments fell on the far side of the Moon during the turbulent formation of the Solar System more than four billion years ago, when explosives ripped through the giant planet.

The discovery appears to prove that a similar process occurred on the Moon involving water-bearing asteroids that scientists suspect occurred on Earth at the dawn of time.

One theory claims an asteroid collision Like those found on the Moon, they are also believed to have collided with our planet, creating oceans and releasing amino acids – the building blocks that give rise to tiny life forms in Earth’s warm pools.

Scientists believe that the same planetary shower collided with other planets, such as Mars, where it may have created ancient rivers and even primitive microbes that lurk underground today.

Even icy moons like Europa around Jupiter could grow life from these asteroids, bringing heat, water and chemicals into their frozen oceans to make something organic.

NASA, China and India have announced that they will send additional missions to the moon before 2030, including human missions from the United States.