China's Yutu 2 rover is still operating after four years on the moon and has returned new images from the lunar far side. There have been few updates on Yutu 2 — whose name means "Jade Rabbit 2" — ...

The rover Yutu-2, imaged by the Chang’e-4 mission lander, January 2019. Credit: China Lunar Exploration Program/China National Space Administration. HELSINKI — China’s Yutu-2 rover, part of the first ...

An increasing number of nations that have not been traditionally associated with space exploration are currently scrambling to send something to the Moon. Among them is the United Arab Emirates, the ...

Complex terrain and Yutu 2's reliance on solar power limit driving speed. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. China's Yutu 2 lunar ...

The farside of the moon is a lunar layer cake. New data from China’s Chang’e-4 lander and Yutu-2 rover reveal alternating layers of coarse rock and fine soil down to a depth of 40 meters, suggesting a ...

Since January, China’s Chang’e-4 mission – an orbiter and a rover – has been exploring the far side of the Moon, particularly the prized South Pole-Aitken Basin, an asteroid impact crater that ...

Although it turned out China’s Yutu-2 lunar rover did not discover an alien monolith on the Moon, but rather a small boulder that appeared bizarrely square from a distance, the lunar robot has still ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. snaking rover tracks in the gray dirt of the moon. A team of scientists have put together an image of the layers beneath the ...

May has been a big month for China when it comes to space exploration. The country recently announced that it had landed successfully on the surface of Mars. China has also announced that its Yutu-2 ...

Behold! The moon "cube" or "hut", photographed by China's Yutu 2 rover. CNSA / Our Space SHARE China’s Yutu 2 rover has spotted a mysterious cube-shaped object in the distance on the far side of the ...