What are the mysterious '59' black spots on the Moon? The Chang'e 4 train revealed the unexpected truth

In ancient times, people always relied on their imagination to create beautiful and unusual legends for the Moon.

In modern times, with the help of advanced science and technology, man can explore the beautiful and mysterious Moon.

As early as 1959, the Soviet Union launched Luna, the program to conquer the Moon. The program lasted 18 years and has carried out numerous lunar exploration missions. In particular, in 1959, the Luna-3 spacecraft did a very important job, which was to take pictures of the dark side of the Moon.

Astronaut Neil Armstrong was the commander of Apollo 11 and the first man to set foot on the Moon.

Meanwhile, since 1969, the US has launched Apollo 11 to land on the Moon. The Saturn V booster helped Apollo 11 fly straight to the Moon from Kennedy Space Center in Florida (USA). After 76 hours of flying with a journey of 384,400 km, Apollo 11 has entered the orbit of the Moon.

In it, on July 20, 1969, astronaut Neil Armstrong became the first person to set foot on the surface of this planet.

The Apollo 11 moon landing has gone down in history and has become a hot topic for both documentaries and movies.

But after landing on the Moon, people discovered that the planet was actually not as beautiful as in the stories described by the ancients. This is actually a rather deserted planet, without splendid architecture. However, researchers have accidentally discovered that there are 4 special black points scattered on the surface of the Sun. Moon in this image taken by the Luna-3 spacecraft in 1959.

What are these four black spots? Could they be an alien base?

The first picture of the dark side of the Moon was taken by the Luna-3 spacecraft.

For these 4 black points, scientists have given different opinions and views.

Some people think they are shadows of buildings. Others say that the 4 black spots are actually just normal black spots, with no biological basis and nothing to do with extraterrestrial life.

Discussions about these black spots have been going on for about half a century, and until now, this mystery has only been solved.

So, what are these 4 black points actually?

The Chang'e 4 spacecraft successfully landed on the dark side of the Moon in early January 2019.

In early January 2019, China's Chang'e 4 probe successfully landed on the dark side of the Moon. This is also the first time a ship has landed in this mysterious part of the Moon.

After successfully landing on the Moon, the Chang'e 4 spacecraft began to probe, including these 4 black points. To facilitate research, scientists have named these four points A, B, C, D respectively. Accordingly, from the images and data sent by Hang Nga 4, scientists School said, no sign of buildings. This suggests that the four black spots are not a sign of extraterrestrial life.

According to researchers, point A is actually a giant crater with an area of ​​about 20,000 square kilometers. Affected by factors such as brightness, angle and distance, what humans see is just a giant black point.

Point B also has a crater. Its highest point is about 3,200 km. Point B is just a shadow because it is related to sunlight. Similarly, point C is the same as point B.

The last point is D. Unlike the first 3 points, D is an imaginary point, that is, it does not exist at all. However, why did the researchers observe this black spot?

At first, researchers speculated that this mystery might have something to do with the rotation of the Earth and Moon.

However, to find out the deeper reasons behind it, it is necessary to conduct further observation and exploration.

The moon is still a planet that hides many mysteries. Searching for life and exploiting the resources on this planet is the goal that many leading nations in space conquest are pursuing.

Chang'e 4 repeatedly discovered mysterious phenomena on the Moon

On January 3, 2019, the Chang'e 4 spacecraft successfully landed on the dark side of the Moon. This event made China the first country to have a spacecraft land in this mysterious area.

The mission of the Chang'e 4 spacecraft is to observe the astronomy, topography, geomorphology, mineral composition of the Moon, and at the same time, measure neutron radiation and neutral atoms to conduct research on the dark side environment. of this planet.

In the process of probing and sending information and data to Earth, the Chang'e 4 spacecraft has discovered and decoded mysterious phenomena on the Moon many times. The following two findings are illustrative.

Robot Rabbit Ngoc 2 belongs to the mission of Hang Nga 4.

First, in early December 2021, Our Space, a channel affiliated with the China National Space Administration (CNSA), released a photo of a gray-shaped object above the Moon's horizon. The photo was called "mysterious hut" by the online community.

The photo of the "mysterious hut"-like object on the Moon was taken by Jade Rabbit 2.

This photo was taken by the self-propelled exploration robot Rabbit Ngoc 2 (part of China's Chang'e 4 mission) while moving across the Von Karman crater. At the time of publishing the photo, researchers thought it would take 2-3 months for Jade Rabbit 2 to reach this object.

However, when the robot Rabbit Ngoc 2 was making a journey, many netizens surmised that the "mysterious hut"-like object could be the "moon palace" or even the human base. alien.

On January 7, 2022, the truth about the "mysterious hut" on the Moon was deciphered when Our Space published a close-up photo of this strange object. It turned out to be a rock located on the rim of the crater. This rock has a very strange shape and it has been named "Pearl Rabbit" by the team driving the self-propelled vehicle from Earth.

The truth "mysterious hut" on the Moon turned out to be just a rock.

Second, in early February 2022, the Jade Rabbit 2 of the Chang'e 4 mission was surprised when it discovered a strange object on the Moon. These are oddly shaped crystals found on the far side of the Moon.

Specifically, according to research published in the journal Science Bulletin, the Rabbit Rabbit 2 robot captured faint images of two glass spheres on the surface of the Moon using its panoramic camera.

No compositional data has been collected for these strange spherical crystals, the researchers say. However, the unique morphology and surrounding context suggest that these two spheres originated from a meteorite impact, not from volcanic activity on the Moon.

The crystals discovered by the Jade Rabbit 2 (c,d) are of a different size and color than the specimens (a, b) collected by the Apollo missions.

The researchers also compared the images with glass beads sampled by the Apollo missions on the Moon. As a result, the glass blocks captured by Rabbit Ngoc 2 are smaller in size and different in color.

The researchers also predict that there will be many similar spherical glass beads on the lunar plateaus. This also provides a promising sampling target for the discovery of the early impact history of the planet.