• threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works
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    3 months ago

    The moon has no permanent “dark side”. Which half of the moon is in the shade gradually changes over the course of the lunar month. The only permanently shaded regions are deep craters at the poles, and even then there would still be radiation from cosmic sources other than the sun.

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      3 months ago

      Or said another way, “dark side” means “side facing away from Earth,” not “side that doesn’t get sunlight.”