Published: Aug. 24, 2022 By

 NASA's Scientific Visualization Studio)From Space.com: With NASA's Artemis 1 mission launching to the moon this month, Space.com is taking a look at what we know about the moon and why we care. Join us for our Moon Week special report in the countdown to Artemis 1.

The potential science from future lunar missions stretches far beyond the moon.

A new radio telescope on the far side of the moon could capitalize on NASA's new Artemis era of lunar exploration, say scientists who hope to one day use such a telescope to potentially probe deeper into the universe than even the newly-operational James Webb Space Telescope can. Read more...