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Rock samples show moon’s farside interior is cooler than the nearside

Rock samples show moon’s farside interior is cooler than the nearside

WASHINGTON — The moon is sometimes called “two-faced” because the surface of its side perpetually facing away from Earth looks so different than its side always facing our planet. And the differences run deeper than that, as shown by an analysis of rock and soil retrieved in 2024 by China’s Chang’e-6 robotic lunar spacecraft. Scientists said the chemical makeup of …

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