The far side of the Moon has long been a blank space in humanity’s geological record, but China has just filled in a crucial ...

But now, they're planning to build telescopes on the far side of the Moon. These instruments will probe one of the last unexplored windows on the Universe. Here, astronomers hope to get a glimpse of ...

Dust returned by China’s Chang’e-6 mission reveals rare, water-rich CI chondrite meteorite fragments—found on the Moon for ...

The far side of the moon—seen here, captured by NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter—could be much drier than expected. NASA / GSFC / Arizona State University Soil samples from the far side of the moon ...

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 far ...

China's Chang'e-6 lunar module has returned to Earth after two months in space on the "dark" side of the moon. The spacecraft, which launched on May 3, 2024, has achieved a significant milestone by ...

It has been more than 50 years since the last people visited the moon. In the 1960s and 1970s, 24 astronauts flew around the moon, with 12 of them walking on the moon itself. Since then, there have ...