{"id":8949,"date":"2021-11-15T17:04:34","date_gmt":"2021-11-15T17:04:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/TheNextWeb=1373308"},"modified":"2021-11-15T17:04:34","modified_gmt":"2021-11-15T17:04:34","slug":"scientists-are-on-the-brink-of-unraveling-the-mysteries-of-the-dark-side-of-the-moon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.londonchiropracter.com\/?p=8949","title":{"rendered":"Scientists are on the brink of unraveling the mysteries of the dark side of the Moon"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Seven months after it was launched, the US robotic rover Perseverance successfully landed<\/a> on Mars on February 18, 2021. The landing was part of the mission Mars2020<\/a> and was viewed live by millions of people worldwide, reflecting the renewed global interest in space exploration. It was soon followed by China\u2019s Tianwen-1<\/a>, an interplanetary Mars mission consisting of an orbiter, lander, and rover called Zhourong.<\/p>\n

Perseverance and Zhourong were the fifth and sixth planetary rovers deployed in the last decade. The first one was America\u2019s Curiosity<\/a> which landed on Mars in 2012, followed by<\/a> China\u2019s three<\/a> Chang\u2019E missions<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In 2019 the Chang\u2019E-4 lander and its Yutu-2 rover<\/a> were the first human objects landed on the far side of the Moon \u2013 the side that faces away from the Earth. This marked a pivotal milestone in planetary exploration, of equal importance to the Apollo 8 mission<\/a> in 1968, when the far side of the Moon was seen by humans for the first time.<\/p>\n

To analyze the data captured from the Yutu-2 rover, which used ground-penetrating radar<\/a> (GPR), we developed a tool<\/a> that could detect in much greater detail the layers beneath the Moon\u2019s surface than had ever been done before. It was also able to provide insights into how the planet evolved.<\/p>\n

The far side of the Moon is of great importance due to its interesting geological formations, but this hidden side also blocks all the electromagnetic noise from human activity, making it an ideal place to build radio telescopes<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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