Title:
Scientists Present New Explanation for 'Dark Side' of Moon's Strange Asymmetry, Reports Say
Published:
Sputnik News, 25 June 2020
https://sputniknews.com/science/202006251079718014-scientists-explanation-for-dark-side-of-moons-strange-asymmetry/
From the article:
Prior to the 20th century, astronomers believed that the dark spots on the visible side of the moon were dried up seas and oceans. The scientists assumed that the far side of Earth’s natural satellite was covered with the same traces, but in the end, both assumptions turned out to be wrong.
Scientists from the Earth‐Life Science Institute at the Tokyo Institute of Technology, the University of Florida, the Carnegie Institution for Science, Towson University, NASA Johnson Space Centre, and the University of New Mexico have presented new clues about the way the Moon gained its near‐ and far‐side asymmetry.