Researchers from the state-run Chinese Academy of Sciences discovered that minerals in their lunar samples contained large amounts of hydrogen

Analysts say the trail of destruction could be one of the largest ever, putting over 1,000 satellites and other objects at risk

Last month, China became the first country in the world to bring rock samples from the far side of the moon back to Earth

This is China’s second successful mission on the far side of the moon, a region no other country has reached