Chandrayaan-3, India’s lunar mission, has made a groundbreaking discovery by finding water ice on the moon’s surface. The Chandra’s Surface Thermophysical Experiment (ChaSTE) conducted by Chandrayaan-3 has revealed higher surface temperatures than previously estimated at the Moon’s south pole, providing valuable insights into lunar thermophysics. These findings are vital for potential water-ice deposits, which could be significant for future human habitat and exploration on the Moon. The research has been published in Nature Communications Earth & Environment, filling crucial knowledge gaps in lunar studies. This discovery marks a significant milestone in India’s space exploration efforts and opens up new possibilities for further research on the Moon’s surface.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Chandrayaan-3, India’s lunar mission, has made a groundbreaking discovery by finding water ice on the moon’s surface. The Chandra’s Surface Thermophysical Experiment (ChaSTE) conducted by Chandrayaan-3 has revealed higher surface temperatures than previously estimated at the Moon’s south pole, providing valuable insights into lunar thermophysics. These findings are vital for potential water-ice deposits, which could […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":80348,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/msid-119324949imgsize-122846.jpg",1280,720,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/msid-119324949imgsize-122846-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/msid-119324949imgsize-122846-300x169.jpg",300,169,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/msid-119324949imgsize-122846-768x432.jpg",640,360,true],"large":["https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/msid-119324949imgsize-122846-1024x576.jpg",640,360,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/msid-119324949imgsize-122846.jpg",1280,720,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/msid-119324949imgsize-122846.jpg",1280,720,false]},"author_info":{"display_name":"","author_link":"https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/index.php\/author\/"},"category_info":"JUST IN<\/a>","tag_info":"JUST IN","comment_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80347"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=80347"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80347\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/80348"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=80347"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=80347"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=80347"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}