Exploring lunar samples from the far side's South Pole-Aitken Basin, researchers have uncovered key differences in volcanic ...
Scientists analyzed the first and only rock samples from the region, which were brought back to Earth as part of a recent ...
New research confirms volcanoes were erupting on the far side of the moon billions of years ago NEW YORK -- Volcanoes were ...
Here's a sped-up view of that process as seen from the moon's far side in an animation created by NASA's Science Visualization Studio: We see a new moon when the dark side faces Earth, and a full ...
A new moon occurs when the moon is directly between Earth and the sun, with its shadowed side pointing towards us. You can see a new moon when it crosses the face of the sun during a solar eclipse.