Far side of the Moon

Although astronomers who observe faint deep-sky objects – the speckled clumps of star clusters, the misty clouds of star-forming nebulae and the graceful, smoky swirls of distant galaxies – might curse its blinding, silvery light, we really are lucky to have the Moon in our night sky. After all, it’s like having a small, alien planet on our doorstep, with a ridiculous number of fascinating mountains, valleys and craters to explore whenever we feel like