The Moon’s Backside Is Surprisingly Sticky, China’s Rover Finds

The backside of the Moon is sticky, less than a week after it was discovered.

Chinese researchers published a paper this week in Science Robotics that showed new data from the Yutu-2 rover. The conclusion? On the far side of the Moon, the regolith is stickier than on the near side.
The team was able to reach the finding after they noticed that some of the lunar soil was sticking to the rovers wheels. The paper believes that the surface on the far side resembles dry sand and sandy loam on Earth.
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The far side had a lot of small craters. The report included data from 88 craters, of which 57 were less than 33 feet in diameter and two were 200 feet in diameter.
The far side of the Moon has more craters than the near side. The Earth helps protect the lunar surface from certain impacts.
The nearside appears to have had a lot more volcanic activity in the past that resulted in the destruction of many craters. The recent Chang'e-5 mission uncovered volcanic activity on the lunar surface, but it was two billion years ago.
It is wonderful that lunar missions are still uncovering new and surprising data about the Moon. It creates more hype for future exploration like NASA's Artemis missions.

The far side of the moon is covered in fresh craters and sticky soil.

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