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.

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Chang’e-6, the first mission to bring back soil from the moon’s far side, collected 1.9 kilograms (4.2 pounds) of lunar soil via a robotic probe in June before returning to Earth, a scientific ...

The far side, on the other hand, is blanketed in more craters of various sizes and depths, including the enormous South Pole-Aitken basin.

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 ...

The far side of the moon looks very different from the near side, and with the Chang'e 6 mission, scientists are hoping to learn why. Accessibility links. Skip to main content; ...

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 ...

The age of the far side samples indicate that region of the moon had volcanic activity 4.2 billion years ago and 2.8 billion years ago—and during the period in between.

China lands a rover on the far side of the moon 08:20. Volcanoes were erupting on the mysterious far side of the moon billions of years ago just like on the side that we can see, new research ...