The Most Quiet Place We’ve Ever Listened From!

Photograph of the far side of the Moon, with Mare Orientale (centre left) and the mare of the crater Apollo (top left) being visible, taken by Orion spacecraft during the Artemis 1 mission (Credit : NASA)

For the first time in history, scientists have used a spacecraft on the far side of the Moon to search for signals from extraterrestrial intelligence. China’s Chang’E-4 lander sat in the most radio quiet location humanity has ever placed an instrument, shielded from Earth’s constant electronic chatter by the entire bulk of the Moon itself. They found nothing but that is almost beside the point!

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