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The July full moon shone brightly over Greece's 2,500-year-old Temple of Poseidon at Cape Sounion late Thursday. (AP video: Srdjan Nedeljkovic) ...
Learn what it's like during an ancient Aztec energy meditation in a cave behind the Teotihuacán Pyramid of the Moon near Mexico City.
China returns the first-ever sample of the moon’s far side The far side of the moon looks very different from the near side, and with the Chang'e 6 mission, scientists are hoping to learn why.
The China National Space Administration’s (CNSA) previous Chang’e-5 mission successfully landed a spacecraft at a volcanic plain on the moon’s near side, but Chang’e-6 aims to take things ...
China's Chang'e 6 is the first craft ever to collect soil and rock samples from the side of the moon that faces away from Earth into space.
A tiny, previously undisclosed lunar rover has been spotted strapped to the side of China's moon-bound Chang'e 6 lander in newly released pre-launch photos. The true purpose of the rover, which is ...
On Friday, China launched a second lander to the lunar far side. If the mission is successful, it will be the first in history to bring back a sample from the part of the moon that Earth never sees.
Another race is on for America to beat Communist China, and this time it’s to be the first to walk on the dark side of the moon. China is about to take one giant leap in that direction if the nation ...
Chinese researchers have turned lunar soil into water, and the development has major implications for creating water on the Moon.
A tiny, previously undisclosed lunar rover has been spotted strapped to the side of China's moon-bound Chang'e 6 lander in newly released pre-launch photos. The true purpose of the rover, which is ...
China's new Chang’e-6 lunar probe was launched into space. The probe will take samples from the less-explored far side of the moon as China's space program grows more advanced.
The Chang'e-6 mission landed on the moon's far side earlier this month, where it collected a sample that was returned to Earth on Tuesday, June 25.