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  More evidence suggesting water on Moon as Chandrayaan-2 finds possible ice under lunar South Pole

  Science | May 27, 2026 22:08 IST

  ISRO said in a release that the findings were derived from data captured by the Chandrayaan-2 orbiter’s Dual Frequency Synthetic Aperture Radar (DFSAR), an advanced microwave imaging instrument designed to probe beneath the lunar surface.

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  Studies suggest more ice on Moon within exploitable depths, says ISRO

  Science | May 01, 2024 22:39 IST

  In the latest study conducted by ISRO, in collaboration with researchers at IIT Kanpur, University of Southern California, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and IIT (ISM) Dhanbad, it has been concluded that the extent of water ice in the northern polar region is twice that in the southern polar region.

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  ISRO's Chandrayaan-2 orbiter finds presence of hydroxyl, water molecules on Moon

  Science | August 12, 2021 12:31 IST

  According to a research paper published in Current Science Journal, the spacecraft with the help of an Imaging infrared spectrometer (IIRS) could differentiate between hydroxyl and water molecules.

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  Twitterati explode with memes after NASA confirms water's presence on moon

  Trending | October 27, 2020 20:07 IST

  Using NASA's Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA), the researchers, including those from the University of Hawaii in the US, detected water molecules (H2O) in Clavius Crater -- one of the largest craters visible from the Earth, located in the Moon's southern hemisphere. As soon as the news spread, people on social media went all crazy and shared memes and jokes making it a fun day on Twitter.

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  Meteoroid strikes eject water from Moon: NASA

  Science | April 16, 2019 11:48 IST

  Models had predicted that meteoroid impacts could release water from the Moon as a vapour, but scientists had not yet observed the phenomenon. 

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  NASA to launch robotic missions to make water on Moon and oxygen on Mars

  World | January 30, 2014 17:40 IST

  Washington: NASA is planning to launch robotic missions to make water on the Moon in 2018 and oxygen on Mars in 2020.The Moon mission will be the US space agency's first attempt to demonstrate in-situ

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  India's Chandrayaan-1 helps NASA find water on moon

  World | August 29, 2013 14:01 IST

  Washington: Using data from instruments aboard India's Chandrayaan-1 spacecraft, scientists have found evidence of water locked in mineral grains on the surface of the moon from an unknown source deep beneath the surface.Using US space