The impact that carved out the moon's huge South Pole-Aitken basin may explain the puzzling differences between the lunar ...

Have you ever wondered why we always see the same side of the Moon, no matter where we are on Earth? While the Moon appears ...

The moon's near and far sides exhibit striking asymmetry—from topography and crustal thickness to volcanic activity—yet the ...

China's Chang’e-6 mission has delivered the first-ever samples from the Moon’s far side, shedding light on one of planetary ...

Only 1% of the far side was covered with maria compared with ~31% for the near side. Scientists were puzzled, but they suspected this asymmetry was offering clues as to how the Moon formed.

There’s no real “dark side” of the moon, but the far side, which faces away from Earth, is different from the near side we see every day. Samples could reveal why.

The near side we are so familiar with appears darker in places — the result of the vast ancient lava flows, called lunar mare — while the far side is covered in pock marks and craters but no mare.

We didn’t know how different the far side would be until spacecraft with cameras had been sent to go examine the other half of the Moon. The first images from the far side of the moon came from ...

A giant impact near the Moon’s south pole billions of years ago may explain the stark contrast between the Moon’s near and far sides, a new study suggests.. Since the 1960s, studies have shown ...

The far side of the moon is foreverhidden from the nakedeye on Earth, ... The near and far sides of the moon are very different for instance, elevations on the far side are some 1.2 miles ...

The side of the moon we never see from Earth contains secrets about our solar system’s early days, and it could help astronomers see the universe more clearly. By Shannon Hall In a spaceflight ...

However, the far side is pockmarked with craters, and lacks the large lava-filled basins found on the near side. Future Lunar Exploration Why these differences exist has long been a subject of ...