The moon was slowly cooling down and running out of steam in its later volcanic stage. Its energy became weak over time.” ...

The finding could explain the long-running mystery of why the surfaces of the lunar near and far sides are so different.

Since then, the spacecraft has sent home loads of data, allowing scientists to map the far side in detail. The Soviet space program swung the Luna 3 probe around the moon in October 1959.

NASA regularly shares breathtaking images of space on social media, and their recent post unveiled an incredibly detailed picture of the far side of ... creating a 3D map of the Moon's surface.

The extraordinary formations, each comparable in size to Earth’s Grand Canyon, are hidden on the far side ... the moon since 2009. The data allowed the team to construct maps of the region ...

The far side of the Moon, as imaged by the Lunar Reconnaissance ... More: Over a Billion Galaxies Shine in New Sky Map Astronomy Lunar science NASA Physical sciences Radio telescopes Get the ...

Astronomers have not yet been able to map large portions of the radio ... beginning with the LuSEE Night mission to the far side of the moon. It will launch in 2025 and chart a new pathway to ...

China achieved a historic feat by bringing back the first-ever sample from the lunar far side in June 2024 ... shown as blue on this topographic map, is the largest basin on the Moon and the site of ...

The solution is to go to the far side of the Moon, using its bulk to shield our ... Rubin Observatory and Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will map millions more. And for all that effort, all ...

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 confirms. Researchers analyzed lunar soil brought back by ...