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Space.com on MSNWhy is the moon's far side so weird? China's lunar sample-return mission may have figured it outThe impact that carved out the moon's huge South Pole-Aitken basin may explain the puzzling differences between the lunar ...
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The Moon’s Rotation: Why We Only See One Face and How It Was FormedHave you ever wondered why we always see the same side of the Moon, no matter where we are on Earth? While the Moon appears ...
China's Chang’e-6 mission has delivered the first-ever samples from the Moon’s far side, shedding light on one of planetary ...
The moon's near and far sides exhibit striking asymmetry—from topography and crustal thickness to volcanic activity—yet the ...
The far side of the moon, which we can never see from our vantage point on Earth, looks surprisingly different than the orb we're used to seeing in the night sky. The near side we are so familiar ...
New research shows that volcanoes erupted on the far side of the moon billions of years ago, mirroring activity on the near side.
Lunar samples from the Chang'e-6 mission could help explain differences between the near and far side of the moon.
Researchers aim to study the universe’s 'Dark Ages' using a quiet orbit around the Moon. Their small satellite will search ...
The near side of the moon has been studied more extensively than the far side. Dinkun Chen, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons Scientists analyzed the first and thus far only rock samples from the ...
The Chang'e-4 spacecraft became the first to visit the moon's far side in 2019. The moon’s far side is pockmarked by craters and has fewer of the near side’s flat, dark plains carved by lava ...
China’s Chang’e-6 mission has made lunar history by retrieving the first-ever samples from the Moon’s mysterious farside, ...
Scientists expect the Chang'e 6 samples to deliver not only key geologic knowledge about the moon, but also improve their understanding of Earth and the solar system's early history.
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