NEW DELHI: Data from ISRO’s Chandrayaan-3 mission supports the theory that the Moon was once covered in an ocean of magma, or a ‘magma ocean’, an analysis, published in the journal Nature, has suggested.
The analysis pertained to measurements of the lunar soil, recorded by the Pragyan rover and taken at multiple points along a 100-metre track on the surface.
The rover was deployed by the Vikram lander, which made a soft landing near the south pole of the Moon on August 23, 2023. Chandrayaan-3, consisting of the lander and rover, was launched by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), Bengaluru.(PTI)
