NASA’s Artemis era may finally solve three major moon mysteries

NASA's upcoming Artemis missions will deploy astronauts and robots across the moon to solve three fundamental mysteries that have puzzled scientists for decades. Researchers lack crucial data about why the moon remains geologically active despite being too small to retain primordial heat, how its stark two-faced appearance between nearside and farside developed, and where its water ice originated. The missions will establish a global seismic network to probe the moon's internal structure, collect younger rock samples to understand recent volcanic activity, and use advanced drilling equipment to locate and analyze water ice deposits that could reveal Earth's own water origins.