Their studies, published in Nature and Science, revealed that the moon’s oldest and deepest crater was volcanically active around 2.8 billion years ago compared to eruptions on the near side between 4 and 2 billion years ago.

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The Nature paper revealed that volcanic activity on the Moon’s far side, dated at 2.8 billion years, is unexpectedly recent, as eruptions were thought to have ceased by 3 billion years ago, primarily on the near side.