China To Investigate Mystery House On The Dark Side Of The Moon

China To Investigate ‘Mystery House’ On The Dark Side Of The Moon

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Last month, the Chinese space agency’s Yutu 2 lunar rover spotted a ‘mystery house’ on the far side of the moon. It’s now investigating the structure.

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China To Investigate Mystery House On The Dark Side Of The Moon

Last month, the Chinese space agency’s Yutu 2 lunar rover spotted a ‘mystery house’ on the far side of the moon. The Yutu 2 is part of the China National Space Administration’s (CNSA) Chang’e 4 mission to the moon. It was launched in December 2018 and landed on the moon’s far side as planned in January 2019. It is the first and currently the only operational lunar rover on the dark side.

The moon has fascinated humans across the globe for decades, and more so since Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins and Buzz Aldrin became the first men to touch down on the lunar surface as part of the Apollo 11 mission in 1969. While humans haven’t returned to the moon, NASA wants to change that with its Artemis mission that aims to return humans to the moon in 2025. China is also reportedly working on a crewed moon mission, although the exact time frame for that is unclear at this point.

The mystery structure was spotted recently on the moon’s dark side as the CNSA’s Yutu 2 rover was exploring the Von Kármán crater. It will now investigate the object as part of its mission to probe the crater and the surrounding region. According to the CNSA’s Chinese-language publication Our Space, the cube-shaped thing is around 260 feet (80 meters) away from the rover and was spotted during the mission’s 36th lunar day. The Yutu 2 will now move towards the intriguing structure and look to traverse the 260-feet distance over the next 2-3 lunar days (around 2 to 3 months in earth time) to take a closer look at it. This will help scientists on earth determine the reason for its seemingly perfect cuboid shape.

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The Structure Is Most Likely A Rock Formation

Online speculations about the so-called mystery house have ranged from the sublime to the ridiculous. While most knowledgeable observers and commentators believe it’s most likely to be a rock formation, some have been speculating about a possible ‘alien house’ or something constructed by the U.S. government as part of a secret operation.

The speculations started after the Chinese space agency jokingly claimed that aliens could have built it. In a post on Chinese social media, the CNSA joked that the structure could be a home built by aliens after crash landing on the moon or a secret spacecraft that brought moon explorers from the earth. Meanwhile, space journalist Andrew Jones believes that it is “not an obelisk or aliens” but something that’s much more mundane. According to Jones, it is most likely to be a large boulder excavated by an impact.

So yeah, it’s not an obelisk or aliens, but certainly something to check out, and hard to discern much from the image. But large boulders (right) are sometimes excavated by impacts, as seen by the Chang’e-3 mission, which launched 8 years ago on Dec 1. [CNSA/CLEP] pic.twitter.com/ifOIFr4oQI

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