Tunnels Caves on The Dark Side Of The Moon

A giant network of tunnels and caves on the dark side of the Moon could be home to sneaky aliens keeping an eye on us.

For decades, the dark side of the Moon has been filling our imaginations with all sorts of crazy ideas. The Moon’s right there, we can see it on most nights but our natural(?) satellite also has a far side that we never get to see from down here. So close, yet so far away, the dark side could be home to anything, including an alien presence, and ground-based observations would be unable to detect their existence.

But a recent strange event could go a long way in providing ample evidence for us to suspect the dark side of the Moon is indeed inhabited by extraterrestrials.

In 2008, the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) launched the Chandrayaan-1 spacecraft, a car-sized orbiter that was to become the nation’s first lunar probe. The launch was a success and the probe remained in the Moon’s orbit for almost a year, where it continued to gather data and take various images of the lunar surface.

But in August 2009, following a series of technical issues, Chandrayaan-1 became unresponsive and the ISRO was forced to officially end the mission. The probe was lost but unbeknownst to the world, it would make a comeback.

In July 2016, seven years after contact was lost, NASA detected a small object orbiting the Moon. Over the following months, observations revealed the object was in fact the long-lost Chandrayaan-1 lunar probe.

A collaboration between the two space agencies has provided the public with new and controversial images of the far side of our satellite. Imagery shows the presence of a vast network of dried lava tunnels under the surface connecting thousands of caves, some of them big enough to house entire cities.

For some time, NASA has known about the existence of these caves and lava tubes and even proposed they be used as potential locations for future human colonies on the Moon.