For the first time in history, scientists have analyzed actual samples from the lunar farside—thanks to China’s Chang’e-6 ...

In a groundbreaking revelation, recent lunar samples brought back by China’s Chang’e 6 mission have confirmed a crucial piece of the moon’s early geological history. These findings offer a glimpse ...

Recent findings from samples collected by China's Chang'e 6 mission have provided valuable insights into the history of the moon, particularly its far side. The Chang'e 6 mission launched in early ...

I pick out North America’s celestial highlights for the week ahead (which also apply to mid-northern latitudes in the ...

In 2024, the China National Space Administration launched a spacecraft that carried a lander to the surface of the far side of the moon. The mission was the first to collect samples from the far ...

As per SCMP, the full telescope array deployment could ... deploying a large wire mesh within a lunar crater on the far side of the moon. This construction would be carried out by wall-climbing ...

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The astronauts of Apollo 8 were the first men to see the far side of the moon with their own eyes, without the aid of optical devices. From their orbital altitude of 69 statute miles, Frank Borman ...

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Most of the time, the full moon isn't perfectly full. We always see the same side of the moon, but part of it is in shadow, due to the moon's rotation. Only when the moon, Earth and the sun are ...