ISRO's Chandrayaan-2 Detects Strong Signs of Water Ice in Lunar Craters

New Delhi. India's space research organization ISRO's lunar mission Chandrayaan-2 has made an important scientific discovery about the moon. Scientists have found strong signs of water ice beneath the surface within deep craters near the moon's south pole. This discovery was made based on data received from ISRO's Chandrayaan-2 orbiter.

This study was conducted by scientists from the Physical Research Laboratory (PRL) in Ahmedabad. They studied craters in the moon's south polar region, which are never reached by sunlight. These areas are called permanently shadowed regions. The temperature here can drop to minus 248 degrees Celsius, making it possible for ice to remain preserved for a long time.