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Moon Rocks from Chinese Mission Arrive in UK

ThefirstsamplesofrockfromtheMoonbroughtbacktoEarthfromaChineselunarmissionin 2020havearrivedintheUK.

2020 年中國探月任務帶回地球的首批月球岩石樣本已抵達英國。

Thetinygrains, describedas'morepreciousthangolddust,' arethefirstsamplesdrilledfromtheMooninnearly50 yearsandhavebeenofferedtotheUKforresearch.

這些微小的顆粒被描述為“比金粉更珍貴”，是近 50 年來從月球上鑽取的第一批樣本，並已提供給英國進行研究。

ScientistMaheshAnandhasbeenchosentoreceivethesamplessoheandhisteamcancarryoutresearchonthesuperrarematerial.

科學家馬赫什·阿南德 (Mahesh Anand) 被選中接收樣本，以便他和他的團隊可以對這種極其稀有的材料進行研究。

Anandisjustoneofsevenexpertsfromaroundtheworldselectedtostudythesamples, whichnobodyintheworldhadaccesstountilnow.

阿南德只是來自世界各地的七位被選中研究這些樣本的專家之一，在此之前，世界上還沒有人接觸過這些樣本。

ThesampleswerecollectedonChina'sChang'e5spacemissionin 2020, markingthefirstsuccessfullunarsamplecollectionsincetheSovietmissionin 1976.

這些樣本是中國2020年嫦娥五號太空任務收集的，這是自1976年蘇聯任務以來首次成功收集月球樣本。

Therockswerecollectedusingaroboticarmthatdrilledintothesoiltogather2kgofmaterial, whichwasbroughtbacktoEarthinacapsule.

這些岩石是使用機械手臂收集的，機械手臂鑽入土壤中，收集了 2 公斤的物質，然後用太空艙帶回地球。

ProfessorAnandandhisteamnowhaveayeartoconductresearchontheMoondust, hopingtoanswerkeyquestionsabouttheMoon'sformationandEarth'searlyyears.

阿南德教授和他的團隊現在有一年的時間對月球塵埃進行研究，希望能解答有關月球形成和地球早期的關鍵問題。

Thiscollectionandsharingoflunarrockswithinternationalresearchersmarksthebeginningofpotentiallong-termcollaborationbetweenChinaandtheglobalscientificcommunity.

此次收集並與國際研究人員分享月球岩石標誌著中國與全球科學界之間潛在的長期合作的開始。

The first samples of rock from the Moon brought back to Earth from a Chinese lunar mission in 2020 have arrived in the UK.

The tiny grains, described as 'more precious than gold dust,' are the first samples drilled from the Moon in nearly 50 years and have been offered to the UK for research.

Scientist Mahesh Anand has been chosen to receive the samples so he and his team can carry out research on the super rare material.

Anand is just one of seven experts from around the world selected to study the samples, which nobody in the world had access to until now.

The samples were collected on China's Chang'e 5 space mission in 2020, marking the first successful lunar sample collection since the Soviet mission in 1976.

The rocks were collected using a robotic arm that drilled into the soil to gather 2kg of material, which was brought back to Earth in a capsule.

Professor Anand and his team now have a year to conduct research on the Moon dust, hoping to answer key questions about the Moon's formation and Earth's early years.

This collection and sharing of lunar rocks with international researchers marks the beginning of potential long-term collaboration between China and the global scientific community.