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China’s Chang’e 4 lander finds gel-like substance on the far side of the moon
Digital Trends ^
| Aug. 31, 2018
| Georgina Torbet
Posted on 08/31/2019 1:16:22 PM PDT by Innovative
Chinas Change 4 mission is currently exploring one of the lesser-known areas of the moon the far side, which faces away from Earth. Previously it found minerals which may have come from deep beneath the lunar surface, and now it has found something even stranger: An oddly-colored gel-like substance of unknown origin.
The mission consists of not only the Change 4 lander, but also a smaller rover called Yutu-2. It was Yutu-2 which stumbled across the unexpected blobby mystery, as reported by space.com. The discovery occurred on lunar day 8, or July 25 here on Earth, and it was so intriguing to the mission scientists that they chose to suspend other exploration plans to learn more about the unknown substance. The information about the finding comes originally from a Chinese language publication called Our Space.
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TOPICS: Astronomy; Science
KEYWORDS: change; china; moon; moonlander
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Interesting. It will be even more interesting when they get more info.
To: Innovative
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posted on
08/31/2019 1:18:13 PM PDT
by
Joe Bfstplk
(No real problem has a solution.)
To: Innovative
It is green cheese! I knew that since I was a kid!!
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posted on
08/31/2019 1:18:38 PM PDT
by
entropy12
(Learn all you can from the mistakes of others. You won't have time to make them all yourself.)
To: entropy12
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posted on
08/31/2019 1:20:18 PM PDT
by
NorthMountain
(... the right of the peopIe to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
To: Innovative
There is no far side of the moon, really. Matter of fact, it’s all far.
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posted on
08/31/2019 1:21:04 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: Innovative
Nazis
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posted on
08/31/2019 1:23:05 PM PDT
by
cuban leaf
(We're living in Dr. Zhivago but without the love triangle)
To: cuban leaf
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posted on
08/31/2019 1:24:08 PM PDT
by
cuban leaf
(We're living in Dr. Zhivago but without the love triangle)
To: Joe Bfstplk
Nobody panic.
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posted on
08/31/2019 1:25:00 PM PDT
by
Rebelbase
To: Innovative
To: Innovative
Leftover duck sauce.
Shang dynasty.
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posted on
08/31/2019 1:25:07 PM PDT
by
Jim Noble
(There is nothing racist in stating plainly what most people already know)
To: Innovative
Makes sense. Moon based corporations dump all their toxic waste on the dark side to hide it and keep up the charade that there is no life on the moon.
Anyway thats my conspiracy and I’m sticking to it...until something else fun comes along.
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posted on
08/31/2019 1:27:27 PM PDT
by
LeoTDB69
To: Innovative
Probably a garbage dump by one of our Apollo missions.
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posted on
08/31/2019 1:28:52 PM PDT
by
OrioleFan
(Republicans beliCNN eve every day is July 4th, Democrats believe every day is April 15th.)
To: Innovative
....found something even stranger: An oddly-colored gel-like substance of unknown origin....
oddly colored ? Like purple, orange, green, taupe?
Unknown origin...like the moon...Lol
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posted on
08/31/2019 1:28:58 PM PDT
by
Popman
To: Innovative
They're in the wrong spot. They need to be checking out the Tycho Crater area.
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posted on
08/31/2019 1:30:54 PM PDT
by
xp38
To: dfwgator
I find it interesting that they say they put their lander on the side never visible from Earth. I wouldn’t trust anything they say about this.
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posted on
08/31/2019 1:31:32 PM PDT
by
21twelve
(!)
To: LeoTDB69
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posted on
08/31/2019 1:32:39 PM PDT
by
wally_bert
(Hola. Me llamo Inspector Carlton Lassiter. Me gusta queso.)
To: NorthMountain
To: 21twelve
I was about to post the same thought. They “found this on the moon”....sure they did.
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posted on
08/31/2019 1:34:04 PM PDT
by
bk1000
(I stand with Trump)
To: Innovative
They can say anything they want. Nobody else can prove otherwise. /s
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posted on
08/31/2019 1:34:22 PM PDT
by
imardmd1
(Fiat Lux)
To: Popman
....found something even stranger: An oddly-colored gel-like substance of unknown origin....Could it be the long-sought "gender fluid" that drives the Left?
Actually, it's interesting that anything would be "gel-like" at lunar farside temperatures.
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