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Chandrayaan-2 radar points to possible ice in the Moon's doubly shadowed craters
- Organisation
- Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad
- Source
- Nature India, published
- On SHODHX
ยท Approved by Sameer Gupta
PRL Ahmedabad scientists screened nine doubly shadowed craters near the lunar south pole, where temperatures fall to about 25 K, using two radar signatures to pick out likely subsurface ice.
Why this matters for Indian researchers
Water ice is a key resource for future crewed missions; the result shows Chandrayaan-2 instruments continuing to deliver globally relevant science.
Original report by Nature India, .
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