Archive · 11 Dec 2025

Chandrayaan-3 Discovers Dynamic Plasma Near Moon's South Pole

Chandrayaan-3 Discovers Dynamic Plasma Near Moon's South Pole

Chandrayaan-3, India's moon mission, found something exciting near the Moon's south pole.

It discovered that the area has a lot of tiny charged particles called plasma.

These particles are much more active than scientists thought before.

The plasma comes from the Sun and sometimes from Earth's magnetic field.

The Moon's plasma environment changes all the time because of these influences.

This is the first time scientists have measured these particles so close to the Moon's surface.

The findings will help future moon missions understand this dynamic environment better.

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