Whether creating sympathy for animals or using aliens to comment on society, Gary Larson's best Far Side comics gave readers ...

On the evening of January 2, a Chinese lander named for an ancient moon goddess touched down on the lunar far side, where no human or robot has ever ventured before. China's Chang'e-4 mission ...

NASA is advancing plans to construct a radio telescope on the Moon's far side – a location uniquely shielded from the ever-increasing interference caused by Earth's expanding satellite networks.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Soil and rocks returned from the moon’s mysterious far side suggest it may be drier than the side constantly facing Earth, Chinese scientists reported Wednesday.

Chang’e-6, the first mission to bring back soil from the moon’s far side, collected 1.9 kilograms (4.2 pounds) of lunar soil via a robotic probe in June before returning to Earth, a scientific ...

Researchers analyzed lunar soil brought back by China's Chang'e-6, the first spacecraft to return with a haul of rocks and dirt from the little-explored far side.

The Chang'e-4 spacecraft became the first to visit the moon's far side in 2019. The moon’s far side is pockmarked by craters and has fewer of the near side’s flat, dark plains carved by lava ...

The Far Side could often be very subtle in its use of humor, and this comic is a great example of that quality. The reader ...

Chang'e 6 returned samples to Earth on June 25, 2024. Lunar scientists like myself have been fascinated with the far side of the Moon since the Soviet Union’s Luna 3 mission in 1959, which ...

What is the Chang’e-6 mission? Chang’e-6 is the latest mission in China’s lunar exploration program, launched in 2004. The previous mission, Chang’e-5, saw a probe bring back 1,731 grams of soil ...

China has released some remarkable footage showing its Chang’e 6 spacecraft making a touchdown on the far side of the moon. The successful landing took place in the South Pole-Aitken Basin on ...