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3 days ago · Jim Head, a planetary scientist at Brown University, says that the far side of the moon has many other mysteries as well. Unlike the near side, he says, the far side appears heavily cratered and ...
Jun 3, 2024 · China's lunar sample collection mission Chang'e 6 has made history by successfully touching down on the far side of the moon, and it even sent back a stunning video of its landing. The...
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3 days ago · The far side of the Moon, lacking the near side's characteristic large dark areas of maria, resembling how the near side of the Moon might have looked early in the Moon's history. Isotope dating of lunar samples suggests the Moon formed around 50 million years after the origin of the Solar System.
3 days ago · No other nation has soft-landed any hardware on the lunar far side. China's moon plans don't end with Chang'e 6. The nation plans to launch Chang'e 7 and Chang'e 8 in 2026 and 2028, respectively.
Jun 2, 2024 · The far side of the moon is distinct from the near side, where the United States, China and what was then the Soviet Union have gathered samples. It has a thicker crust, more craters and...
Jun 13, 2024 · The side we don't see gets just as much light, so a more accurate name for that part of the Moon is the "far side." We only ever see one side of the Moon because as it orbits around Earth, it also rotates on its own axis at the same speed.
4 days ago · Credit: Xinhua/Shutterstock. The first rocks from the far side of the Moon have just landed safely on Earth and scientists can’t wait to study them. China’s Chang’e-6 re-entry capsule ...
