I find it hard to believe that Popular Science would make such a mistake, but the author has reinforced the mistake by starting the article with “The dark side of the moon, despite its name, is a perfect vantage point for observing the universe.”

But all the quotes from scientists correctly say “far side of the moon”.

I know this isn’t really “science news” but I couldn’t find any other community to share this.

  • Windex007@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Relevant from the wiki:

    The hemisphere has sometimes been called the “dark side of the Moon”, where “dark” means “unknown” instead of “lacking sunlight”…