5+ mon, 4+ week ago   (593+ words) On a wide field in Wuchengdaren village in Laizhou, Shandong province, a 30-meter drilling tower rises against the flat farmland horizon. In about six months, this rig will have pierced nearly 3 kilometers into the Earth, retrieving rock cores that could…...

8+ mon, 1+ day ago   (281+ words) For decades, scientists have puzzled over why the two sides of the moon look so different. The "near side", which faces Earth, is covered in dark, flat volcanic plains, while the "far side" is a rugged, mountainous landscape with little…...

11+ mon, 3+ week ago   (239+ words) BEIJING -- Chinese researchers have identified new landslides on the Moon that have formed since 2009, according to a recent research article published in the journal National Science Review. The primary trigger of such landslides was seismic activity originating within the moon,…...