On the far side of the moon, it is planned to place an array of radio telescopes designed to study the early Universe.
FARSIDE will operate in the range from 10 to 40 MHz, which will allow it to observe the “dark ages” — the era when our Universe was only 15-80 million years old. At that time, it was filled with a “hot soup” consisting of electrons and protons. As the universe expanded and cooled, they began to combine into hydrogen atoms, which eventually made it possible for the first stars to light up.
Another task of FARSIDE is to search for coronal ejections and flares on nearby stars. The radio telescope will also look for signs of magnetic fields in exoplanets in their habitable zones. If a planet is similar to Earth and has a strong magnetic field, then life can potentially develop there.
The FARSIDE development team works closely with Blue Origin. According to the engineers, the array of radio telescopes will be delivered to the moon using the Blue Moon lander developed by the company. Recently, Blue Origin confirmed its interest in the project.