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The Moon’s Far Side Is Strangely Dry—Lunar Samples Suggest It’s Much More Parched Than the Side That Faces Earth
Chinese researchers analyzed the first-ever soil samples returned from the far side of the moon, but further samples will be ...
Looking at the Universe’s dark ages from the far side of the Moon
Despite decades of searching for this signal, astronomers have yet to find it. The problem is that our Earth is too noisy, ...
Space on MSN2d
Moon’s Far Side And Earth Together In Amazing Satellite Images
MingChuan Wei, Harbin Institute of Technology, CAMRAS and DK5LA / produced & edited by Steve Spaleta ...
Soil from the moon's far side suggests drier conditions than the side facing Earth
Soil and rocks returned from the moon's far side suggest it may be drier than the side constantly facing Earth ...
Space on MSN1d
China's Chang'e-6 Mission Landed On The Far Side Of The Moon
China's Chang'e-6 mission landed on the moon’s South Pole-Aitken Basin, according to the China National Space Administration ...
SpaceNews5h
China to lend Chang’e-5 moon samples to U.S. universities
China approved international requests, including from two U.S. universities, to borrow small portions of moon samples ...
The New York Times18d
Chinese Lunar Rocks Suggest a Thirsty Far Side of the Moon
Using samples gathered from the Chang’e-6 mission, scientists found that the interior of the moon on the half we never see from Earth might be drier than the near side. By Katrina Miller Katrina ...
Newsday17d
Soil from the moon's far side suggests drier conditions than the side facing Earth
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Soil and rocks returned from the moon’s mysterious far side suggest it may be drier than the side constantly facing Earth, Chinese scientists reported Wednesday.