NASA’s GRAIL mission reveals thermal differences in the moon’s mantle, explaining surface contrasts between its sides.

Chinese scientists have analyzed soil and rock samples from the far side of the Moon. These materials, collected from the South Pole-Aitken Basin, suggest a lower water content compared to ...

Knowing what’s on the far side of the moon can also help future lunar missions. “We’re hoping to get astronauts back on the moon in the near future, and potentially in lunar bases ...

Learn why water levels are important to understand on the moon and how it could impact future missions to build exploration bases.

The Chinese space agency has spent the first few several months of 2019 exploring the far side of the Moon after ... Plans for a base on the Moon are a bit more vague, however, with the country ...

For the first time in history, a space mission has touched down on the far side of the moon. China's Chang'e-4 probe landed in the the oldest and deepest basin on the moon's surface. Making the ...

If the project sounds familiar, it's because NASA's Artemis program will also feature a moon base constructed with the assistance of several international partners. The Chinese Lunar Exploration ...

Future lunar bases could be powered by solar cells made on-site from melted moon dust. Building items on the moon, using materials that are already there, would be more practical than shipping ...

The solution is to go to the far side of the Moon, using its bulk to shield our sensitive instruments from the cacophony of our planet. Building telescopes on the far side of the Moon would be the ...

China plans additional launches that will extend the base further, connecting it to a space station orbiting the moon and two nodes located at the moon's equator and its far side, Wu Yanhua ...