🌑 Cosmic Dark Ages observatory to land on far side of the Moon in 2025

Plus: What will life be like in 2100? (Part 3), surprise white hydrogen discovery, NASA tests Mars Ascent Vehicle for first time. NASA is preparing to unveil the secrets of the cosmos' earliest, darkest era. In 2025, an ambitious radio telescope mission called LuSEE-Night will land on the Moon's mysterious far side. This mission will explore the Dark Ages - a shadowy chapter over 400 million years after the Big Bang, but before stars and galaxies flared into life. By escaping Earth's incessant radio chatter, LuSEE-Night can finally tune in to faint whispers from the obscure epoch that shaped our cosmic evolution. If the technology survives the Moon's fierce temperature swings, it will blaze a trail for astronomy on the lunar farside. Learn more in today’s [Must Read](. Good morning. I’m Tim, newsletter editor at IE. This is the Blueprint. Let's get into it! 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