The Moon’s Dirty Past

The Moon’s Dirty Past

How do you tell how old an astronomical object is? I mean, the next time the Moon is in the sky, take a look at it. How would you even begin to answer that question?

IIT Bombay students decode Moon’s chemistry using Chandrayaan-2 data

IIT Bombay students mapped the Moon’s surface chemistry using Chandrayaan-2’s CLASS X-ray data, as part of ISRO URSC’s Inter-IIT Tech Meet challenge, exploring a previously underutilised dataset

IIT Bombay students chart Moon’s chemistry using Chandrayaan-2 data

Mumbai: Students of Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT Bombay) have successfully mapped the Moon’s surface chemistry using the data collected by Chandrayaan-2, it said on Saturday. It was part of the Indian Space Research Organisation’s (ISRO) U R Rao Satellite Centre (URSC) challenge given during the Inter-IIT Tech Meet, IIT Bombay said in a statement. The Moon, with no atmosphere to protect it, is constantly hit by strong X-ray radiati…