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

The moon's nearside (that is, the side facing Earth) is dark-colored and dominated by ancient lava flows, whereas the farside ...

Scientists analyzed the first and thus far only rock samples from the far side of the moon to understand how the area differs ...

A NASA-funded plan to build a large radio telescope on the moon's far side is nearing final approval and could become a ...

Gravitational Anomalies Reveal Temperature Differences NASA’s GRAIL(Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory) mission, which operated in 2011 and 2012, involved two spacecraft orbiting the moon and ...

A new NASA study explains the two very different sides of the moon. The study sheds light on the contrasting characteristics ...

The Moon has long captivated scientists with its dual nature. While its near side always faces Earth, the far side or 'dark side' remains hidden due to being tidally locked with our planet. A new ...

The far side of the moon, which we can never see from our vantage point on Earth, looks surprisingly different than the orb we're used to seeing in the night sky. The near side we are so familiar ...

Our satellite is a little off-balance. GRAIL data show a mass asymmetry of a few percent between its near and far sides.

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 ...

Compared to the near side, and especially low-Earth orbit ... And that makes the far side of the Moon the ideal location for a dark-age-hunting radio telescope, free from human interference ...