Because, as you listen to it in 2023, 50 years after its release, “Dark Side of the Moon” somehow still manages to leave you feeling like something inside you has changed irreversibly.

China landed the first ever spacecraft on the far side of the moon. This is what researchers are hoping to learn from the moon's so-called dark side.

But the truth is: You don't need a spacecraft to glimpse the far side of the moon. While you can only see a maximum of 50 percent of the lunar disk at any given time, bonus smidges of its surface ...

People often say "dark side" of the moon when referring to the lunar face we can't see from Earth. This common use of the phrase is wrong — the term scientists use is the "far side." ...

The sun is eclipsed by the moon. Dark Side was the No. 1 album in the U.S. for a week in April 1973, pushed to the top by incessant FM radio airplay of the single “Money.” ...

Too often we hear the “dark side of the moon” referred always as the far side, the portion facing away from the Earth. Every part of the moon, even the portion looking our way, gets its turn ...