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Scientists may have finally solved the mystery of the Moon’s two faces

2026-10-14T10:38:46.000Z

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Scientists may have solved a long-standing mystery about why the Moon’s two sides are so different, using samples collected from its farside for the first time. Their findings suggest that uneven heating from Earth's gravitational pull drove enormous flows of ancient magma, creating the…

London, Sept 21st 2014
Photo: peganum from Henfield, England / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0

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