Volcanic rock, dating back billions of years, has been detected in the first samples collected from the mysterious "dark side".

To obtain a sample from this area is really important because it’s an area that otherwise we have no data for.'

This discovery provides further evidence that the Moon’s volcanic activity was not limited to the side we see from Earth. Researchers already knew that volcanoes were active on the near side of the Moon during a similar period, but these new findings ...

The US and Chinese researchers have recently made a shocking revelation about the Moon’s mysterious far side.The study published in the Nature and Science journals revealed that volcanoes erupted on the Moon’s

While volcanic activity on the near side of the moon has been well-documented, the far side, often called the 'dark side,' remains less understood.

According to recent study, billions of years ago, volcanoes were erupting on the moon's enigmatic far side, just like on the visible side.

China's Chang'e-6 robotic spacecraft in June made history by retrieving the first surface samples from the far side of the moon, which perpetually faces away from Earth. That material is now providing new insight into the moon's geological history including the oldest evidence to date of lunar volcanism.