Strange "Gel" Found on Moon by China's Lunar Rover

Source: Digital Trends

Chinas Change 4 mission is currently exploring one of the lesser-known areas of the moon the far side, which faces away from Earth. Previously it found minerals which may have come from deep beneath the lunar surface, and now it has found something even stranger: An oddly-colored gel-like substance of unknown origin.

The mission consists of not only the Change 4 lander, but also a smaller rover called Yutu-2. It was Yutu-2 which stumbled across the unexpected blobby mystery, as reported by space.com. The discovery occurred on lunar day 8, or July 25 here on Earth, and it was so intriguing to the mission scientists that they chose to suspend other exploration plans to learn more about the unknown substance. The information about the finding comes originally from a Chinese language publication called Our Space.

The substance was found in a lunar crater, and it stood out from the rest of the moons surface due to its color and texture. 

The Chinese scientists havent released any more information about what exactly the substance looks like, describing it only as gel-like and of an unusual color.

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