A recent study published in Science Advances reveals that the moon’s interior is asymmetrical, with the side facing Earth ...

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

high-resolution map of the gravitational field of the Moon. It is in that map that the dichotomy between nearside and far side was found to extend deeper than thought. “Our study shows that the ...

We’ve had more active missions on the surface of Mars than on the lunar far side. And that makes the far side of the Moon the ideal location for a dark-age-hunting radio telescope, free from ...

The moon's insides are crooked thanks to the near side being some 306 degrees Fahrenheit ... (Mare is the name given to the large, dark plains of basalt on the moon that were formed as the result ...