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.
Dark side and far side of the Moon are equivalent terms.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Far_side_of_the_Moon
i think you may be a bit off base here
Relevant from the wiki:
The hemisphere has sometimes been called the “dark side of the Moon”, where “dark” means “unknown” instead of “lacking sunlight”…
There is no dark side in the moon, really
Matter of fact, it’s all dark
the INside is probably pretty dark.
Pink Floyd’s less well received album, The Inside of the Moon, about space conspiracy theories and the mega structures.
The Dyson Sphere was the follow-up, but it never released.
What’s the difference to you?
really very few visualize how it actually orbits.
Add I understand it, one is an album from pink Floyd, the other not.
It’s dark in terms of radio pollution from earth, which is why they’re placing it there.
