While human missions to the moon will be facing Earth, on the other side of the moon, completely hidden from view, there will ...

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The findings are a big clue as to why the far and near hemispheres of the moon look so different.

A new analysis of material brought back from the far side of the Moon by China's Chang'e-6 mission has found evidence that ...

The far side of the Moon has long been a blank space in humanity’s geological record, but China has just filled in a crucial page. By bringing back pristine material from a hidden lunar basin, its ...

As they fly around the moon, the four astronauts of NASA's Artemis II will see views never seen by the human eye. Here's how.

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What’s different about this 10-day test flight is not only that it returns astronauts to the vicinity of the moon for the first time in more than 50 years but it will give those astronauts a unique ...

Less visible and vocal than its American counterpart, the China National Space Administration (CNSA) is hard at work expanding the Asian country's presence on the Moon. Not only that, but the ...

A small uncrewed spacecraft is buzzing the moon, with under two weeks remaining before its bold attempt to land on the lunar surface. But the real treat was the footage beamed back to mission control ...

There is a signal, born in the earliest days of the cosmos. It’s weak. It’s faint. It can barely register on even the most sensitive of instruments. But it contains a wealth of information about the ...