Are there bases on the dark side of the moon

Nasa reveals far side of the Moon. As a matter of fact it's all dark. One of the first pictures of the far side of the moon. The 'Castle' on the Moon. No castles, no secret bases Soul-eating aliens? Related Topics. The Moon China Moon mission. Published 8 December Published 6 August Published 9 February The farside crust had more of these minerals and is thicker.

The moon has now completely cooled and is not molten below the surface. Earlier in its history, large meteoroids struck the nearside of the moon and punched through the crust, releasing the vast lakes of basaltic lava that formed the nearside maria that make up the man in the moon.

When meteoroids struck the farside of the moon, in most cases the crust was too thick and no magmatic basalt welled up, creating the dark side of the moon with valleys, craters and highlands, but almost no maria. Composite image of the lunar nearside taken by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter in June Note the presence of dark areas of maria on this side of the moon.

Research year-old dark side of the moon mystery solved. Last Updated December 17, A'ndrea Elyse Messer aem1 psu. Sign Up. Edit Profile. Subscribe Now. Your Subscription Plan Cancel Subscription. Home India News Entertainment. HT Insight. It is the first spacecraft in history to attempt or achieve a landing on this unexplored area, which is never visible from Earth.

After keeping the details of the mission under wraps until the last minute, China announced the successful landing, and shared the first lunar images captured by the unmanned space probe via state media.

As no direct communication link exists, the images had to be bounced off another satellite before being relayed back to Earth, BBC News reported. An image taken by China's Chang'e-4 probe after its landing on the far side of the moon on January 3, , becoming the first spacecraft soft-landing on the moon's uncharted side never visible from Earth.

The moon has been the object of human fascination—and scientific observation—for centuries. Although from our perspective it does not appear to spin, in reality the moon rotates about every 27 days, which is about the same amount of time it takes to orbit the Earth once.