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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
Soil samples from the far side of the moon suggest the little-known, distant face of our natural satellite is much drier than ...
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, making it nearly impossible to capture this whisper. The solution is to go to ...
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The dark side of the Moon is surprisingly dry
The first samples returned from the far side of the Moon suggest it's 10-100 times drier than the side nearer Earth.
Soil samples indicate the dark side of the moon could use a drink
Soil and rocks returned from the moon’s mysterious far side suggest it may be drier than the side constantly facing Earth, ...
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China is the first to land on the far side of the moon
But until now, China has never explored the moon's mysterious dark side ... got our first glimpse of the far side in 1959 when the Soviet Union's Luna 3 took pictures as it flew by.