The Giordano Bruno crater is on the far side of the moon, which we can't see. The near side is what's visible to us. As the moon orbits the Earth, the sun lights up half of it, and that's when we ...

When the Chang’e-4 mission landed in the Von Karman crater on January 3, 2019, China became the first and only country to land on the far side of the moon — the side that always faces away ...

At this time, the sun shines at such an angle to make it appear as if there is a gigantic 'V' and 'X' marking the barren ...

Rare near-Earth asteroid Kamo’oalewa may have been created several million years ago when something slammed into the moon and sent a chunk of it flying into space.

A NASA-funded plan to build a large radio telescope on the moon's far side is nearing final approval and could become a reality by the 2030s, researchers say. The ambitious project will help safeguard ...

The far side, on the other hand, is blanketed in more craters of various sizes and depths, including the enormous South Pole-Aitken basin. During the NASA and Soviet space race era, spacecraft ...

BEIJING, China — A Chinese spacecraft landed on the far side of the moon Sunday to collect soil and rock samples that could provide insights into differences between the less-explored region and ...

Chang'e-6 landed in the South Pole-Aitken Basin on the opposite side of the moon to Earth on June 1 and has now returned bearing lunar rocks and dust.

When the Chang’e-4 mission landed in the Von Karman crater on January 3, 2019, China became the first and only country to land on the far side of the moon — the side that always faces away ...