All Things Space, UFOs, etc.China found something very strange in moon dust samples that shouldn’t be there Posted on August 13, 2025 by Administrator Chinese researchers found something surprising in the dust brought back by the Chang’e-5 mission: thin layers of carbon called graphene. The spectral fingerprint matched multilayer graphene, a carbon lattice stacked two to ten atoms thick. Lead author Wei Zhang of Jilin University says the find could reshape ideas about lunar birth and guide resource plans for future crews.