A friend of yours (who has not had the benefit of an astronomy course) tells you about a report he has read in a tabloid newspaper. He claims that on the dark side of the Moon (the side that never receives any sunlight), there is a secret base of aliens who cannot stand light and send UFO's to Earth under the cover of darkness. What is the scientific error in this story? Group of answer choices   All sides of the Moon are illuminated by sunlight in the course of a month; there is no dark side.   While we have some credible reports of UFO landings, it is difficult to imagine that advanced aliens would be afraid of the light.   The dark side of the Moon is the one that faces the Earth and our telescopes would have spotted such a base.   This seems to be a perfectly reasonable story.

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A friend of yours (who has not had the benefit of an astronomy course) tells you about a report he has read in a tabloid newspaper. He claims that on the dark side of the Moon (the side that never receives any sunlight), there is a secret base of aliens who cannot stand light and send UFO's to Earth under the cover of darkness. What is the scientific error in this story?
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All sides of the Moon are illuminated by sunlight in the course of a month; there is no dark side.
 
While we have some credible reports of UFO landings, it is difficult to imagine that advanced aliens would be afraid of the light.
 
The dark side of the Moon is the one that faces the Earth and our telescopes would have spotted such a base.
 
This seems to be a perfectly reasonable story.
 
The space program of the world's countries has landed thousands of spacecraft on the dark side of the Moon.
 
Since the moon is turning, we see all sides of it from Earth in the course of a month.
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