Chinese researchers analyzed the first-ever soil samples returned from the far side of the moon, but further samples will be ...

Soil and rocks returned from the moon's far side suggest it may be drier than the side constantly facing Earth ...

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Scientists have long noted differences between the lunar near side and far side. While the near side periodically passes ...

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 ...

The first samples returned from the far side of the Moon suggest it's 10-100 times drier than the side nearer Earth.

But it could also be all the more reason for astronauts to stick close to the near side of the moon as currently planned. China became the first country to land on the moon’s far side last year.

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 ...