First, way out there. Now, the Dark Side.

So, the New Horizons space probe successfully flewed-by the way far out there Kuiper Belt object Ultimate Thule, which even this early into the data receiving process we now know is two nearly spherical and very cold chunks of primordial Solar System matter stuck together.

And now, the Chinese have landed mankind's first-ever mooncraft (Chang'e) on the far side of the Moon, the one that always faces away from Earth.

Not a bad start, science-wise, for the first three days of 2019.

China Makes Historic 1st Landing on Mysterious Far Side of the Moon


One thing I confirmed from this article was something I suspected had to have happened -- they put a communications satellite at a Lagrange point so that they could communicate with the moon landing spacecraft.  Now the little robot, which has wheels, can start exploring while staying on the line with Earth.