Volcanoes were erupting on the mysterious far side of the moon billions of years ago just like on the side that we can see, new research confirms.

To obtain a sample from this area is really important because it’s an area that otherwise we have no data for.'

Space volcanoes have erupted on dark side of moon for over a billion years, scientists find - Li said the new findings reveal over 1 billion years of volcanic eruptions on the lunar far side. One piece of volcanic rock dated back 4.