The hidden hemisphere of the Moon has long been painted as a quiet, cratered backwater, but a new batch of samples has upended that picture. Material returned from the far side now points to a ...

Chinese scientists have discovered tiny carbon nanotubes with walls just one atom thick in Moon rock samples, marking the first time the material has been found in nature. Advanced carbon structures ...

It's called the South Pole-Aitken (SPA) Basin, and it is, as far as we know, the largest, deepest and oldest impact crater on the far side of the Moon. The place was born some 4, 4.3 billion years ago ...

As soon as April 1, four people will embark on a journey that will take them farther from the Earth than anyone has ever ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Beijing Aerospace Control Center (BACC) in China as its Chang'e-6 spacecraft landed last year in June on the far side of the moon ...

New lunar samples from the far side reveal it formed from cooler magma than the near side, confirming the Moon’s interior is not uniform. Researchers suggest fewer heat-producing elements on the far ...

The far side of the moon may be much colder than the side we can see, suggests new research. The interior of the mysterious far side of the satellite could be chillier than the side constantly facing ...